មិថុនា

Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मिथुना (mithunā), from मिथ (mitha), from Proto-Indo-European *meth₂ (“with”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “among, between, with”), and Proto-Germanic *midi.

Pronunciation

Orthographic មិថុនា
mitʰunā
Phonemic មិ-ថុ-ន៉ា
mi-tʰu-n″ā
WT romanisation mithonaa
(standard) IPA(key) /mi.tʰo.naː/

Noun

មិថុនា • (mithonaa)

  1. June
    ខែ  ―  khae mithonaa  ―  (the month of) June
  2. A couple (husband and wife)

See also

Gregorian calendar months: ខែសុរិយគតិ (khae soreyaʾ kĕəʾteʾ)edit
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