មិថុនា

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Khmer[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sanskrit मिथुना (mithunā), from मिथ (mitha), from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (with). Cognate with Ancient Greek μετά (metá, among, between, with), and Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic មិថុនា
mitʰunā
Phonemic មិ-ថុ-ន៉ា
mi-tʰu-n″ā
WT romanisation mithonaa
(standard) IPA(key) /mi.tʰo.naː/

Noun[edit]

មិថុនា (mithonaa)

  1. June
    ខែមិថុនា  ―  khae mithonaa  ―  (the month of) June
  2. A couple (husband and wife)

See also[edit]