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ថ្មី

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See also: ថ្ម

Khmer

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austroasiatic *tmiːʔ (“new”). Cognate with Mon တၟိ (tmi), Nyah Kur ตะมีʔ (ta miiʼ), though not Vietnamese mới, which was once adduced as cognate.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ថ្មី
t̥ʰmī
WT romanisation thməy
(standard) IPA(key) /tʰməj/

Adjective

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ថ្មី • (thməy) (abstract noun ភាពថ្មី)

  1. new, recent, modern

Adverb

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ថ្មី • (thməy)

  1. again

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “ថ្មី” 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.