ឃ្លា

See also: ឃ្លេ

Khmer

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ឃ្លា g̥ʰlā WT romanisation khliə (standard) IPA(key) /kʰliə/

Noun

ឃ្លា • (khliə)

1. sentence, phrase, clause
2. foot (in poetry)
3. line (of poetry)
4. space (between paragraphs)
5. space (as punctuation between sentences or clauses)

Verb

ឃ្លា • (khliə) (abstract noun ការឃ្លា)

1. to leave a gap or space between sentences

Derived terms

• ឃ្លាឃ្លោង (khliəkloong)
• ឃ្លាតឃ្លា (khliətkhliə)
• ដកឃ្លា (dɑkkhliə)
• តាមវគ្គតាមឃ្លា (tamvôkkôtamkhléa)
• តាមសេចក្តីនៃឃ្លា (taamsəcktəynɨykliə)
• ធ្វើឃ្លា (thvəəkliə)
• មើលកាព្យឲ្យដឹងឃ្លា (meulkapyʼaô្yôdœ̆ngkhléa)
• សេចក្តីមួយឃ្លា (səcktəymuəykhliə)

Further reading

• “ឃ្លា” in Cambodian-English Dictionary (Aggregated) (Catholic University Press 1977, Dunwoody Press 1997) (plus additional data from the Chuon Nath Khmer Dictionary (Buddhist Institute, Phnom Penh, 1966)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.