ឬ

Khmer

Etymology 1

Compare Gupta (ṛ), Devanagari पॄ (pṝ)

Letter

ឬ • (rii)

1. Independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel ऋ (ṛ) / पॄ (pṝ)
2. Alternative form of រឺ (rɨɨ)

Pronunciation

Orthographic ឬ ṝ Phonemic រិយ riy WT romanisation rii (standard) IPA(key) /riː/

Conjunction

ឬ • (rii)

1. or

Alternative forms

• រឺ (rɨɨ)

Particle

ឬ • (rii)

1. (interrogative, phrase-final) "isn’t that so?"