ដី

See also: ដ, ដុំ, ដ៏, ដៃ, ដោះ, and ដាំ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iʔ ~ *t₁ih ~ *t₁iəh (“earth; soil”). Cognate with Semai tiiq, Bahnar teh (along with other Bahnaric cognates with nasal infix), Pacoh cuteq, Khmu pteʔ, Mang teː⁶, Mon တိ (tɔeˀ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដី
ṭī
WT romanisation dəy
(standard) IPA(key) /ɗəj/

Noun

ដី • (dəy)

  1. earth; soil
  2. land; ground
  3. territory
  4. Piper retrofractum, Balinese Long Pepper (medicinal usage and as a seasoning)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Vietnamese: mèng đéc ơi, chèng đéc ơi[1]

References

  1. ^ Lý Tùng Hiếu (2019) Văn hoá Việt Nam trong ngôn ngữ [Vietnamese Culture in Language]
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