ជូត

See also: ជិត and ជាតិ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ជូត
jūt
WT romanisation cuut
(standard) IPA(key) /cuːt/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɟuːtʔ (to wipe). Cognate with Mon ဇိုတ် (cɜ̀t), Pacoh dyuat, Koho juut.

Verb

ជូត • (cuut) (abstract noun ការជូត)

  1. to wipe (off), to dry with a towel, to clean (off)
  2. to dust
  3. to rub, polish

Affixed forms

  • ជំនូត (cumnuut)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Khmer ជូត (jūt, jūta), ជូត្រ (jūtra, rat (zodiac)), from Proto-Vietic *k-ɟɔːt (squirrel). Compare Thai ชวด (chûuat); Vietnamese chuột.

Noun

ជូត • (cuut)

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

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