ឆ្លូវ

Khmer

Etymology

From , chlu, from , clauhv, clov, from Old Khmer chlū, chlu, or chlūva, "ox (zodiac)", from Vietic. Compare Old Mon jlow (“ox”) and Vietnamese trâu (“water buffalo”), which are true cognates. Thai ฉลู (chà-lǔu) was borrowed from Khmer (Ferlus, 2013).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ឆ្លូវ c̥ʰlūv WT romanisation chləw (standard) IPA(key) /cʰləw/

Noun

ឆ្លូវ • (chləw)

1. (astrology) the Ox, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) រាសីចក្រ (riəsəycak); (ឆ្នាំ~) ជូត (cuut), ឆ្លូវ (chləw), ខាល (khaal), ថោះ (thɑh), រោង (roong), ម្សាញ់ (msañ), មមី (mɔmii), មមែ (mɔmɛɛ), វក (vɔɔk), រកា (rɔkaa), ច (cɑɑ), កុរ (kol) ^{(Category: km:Chinese zodiac signs)}