ព្រូន

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Khmer[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)ruun (“intestinal worm”) (Shorto 2006). Cognate with Vietnamese giun, trùn.

Sakamoto (2015) derives this word, alongside regular ភ្រូណ (phruun) ~ ភ្រូណា (phruunaa, “embryo”), from Sanskrit भ्रूण (bhrūṇa, “embryo”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic ព្រូន
b̥rūn
WT romanisation pruun
(standard) IPA(key) /pruːn/

Noun[edit]

ព្រូន • (pruun)

  1. intestinal worm
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