ត្នោត

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tn(oo)t ~ tnu(u)t (“sugar palm”).[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ត្នោត
t̥not
WT romanisation tnaot
(standard) IPA(key) /tʰnaot/

Noun

ត្នោត • (tnaot)

  1. sugar palm, palmyra palm (Borassus spp.)

Descendants

  • → Vietnamese: thốt nốt[2]

References

  1. ^ Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1019, p. 291
  2. ^ Hoàng Xuân Việt (2006) Tìm hiểu lịch sử chữ Quốc ngữ (in Vietnamese), Ho Chi Minh City: Nhà xuất bản Văn hoá Thông tin, page 217
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