ស្វា

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *swaaʔ (monkey); cognate with Proto-Khmuic *hwaʔ (monkey) and Riang /wɑʔ¹/.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ស្វា
s̥vā
WT romanisation svaa
(standard) IPA(key) /sʋaː/

Noun

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ស្វា (svaa)

  1. monkey (esp. of the genera Macaca and Presbytis)