អាវ៉ូកាត៍

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic អាវ៉ូកាត៍ ʼāv″ūkāt̊ Phonemic អា-វ៉ូ-កា ʼā-v″ū-kā WT romanisation ʼaavoukaa (standard) IPA(key) /ʔaː.ʋou.kaː/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French avocat, from Latin advocātus.

Noun

អាវ៉ូកាត៍ • (ʼaavoukaa)

1. lawyer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish avocado, altered —by folk-etymological association with abogado (“lawyer”)— from the earlier aguacate, which comes from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado”).

Noun

អាវ៉ូកាត៍ • (ʼaavoukaa)

1. avocado