ភ្នំ

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *bnɨm (“hill; mound”). Cognate with Semelai bnʉm, Koho bönöm (“mountain”) and Santali ᱵᱩᱱᱩᱢ (bunum, “termite hill, white ant hill”). Possibly related to Vietnamese nấm (“mound”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ភ្នំ b̥ʰnṃ
WT romanisation	phnum
(standard) IPA^(key)	/pʰnum/

Noun

ភ្នំ • (phnum)

hill
Synonyms: ទួល (tuəl), ផ្នូក (phnouk)
mountain

Derived terms

កំពូលភ្នំ (kɑmpuul pnum)
ចង្កេះភ្នំ (cɑŋkeh pnum)
ច្រាំងភ្នំ (craŋ pnum)
ជើងភ្នំ (cəəŋ pnum)
ជ្រលងភ្នំ (crɔlɔɔŋ pnum)
ភ្នំពេញ (phnum pɨñ)
ភ្នំភ្លើង (pnum pləəng)

Descendants

→ Lao: ພະນົມ (pha nom)
→ Thai: พะเนิน (pá nəən)