ស្មើ

See also: សើម, ស្មៅ, ស្មា, សម, សៀម, សឹម, and សូម

Khmer

Etymology

From Middle Khmer ស្មេ (sme), ស្មើ (smœ), ស្មើហ (smœha, “same; equal”), from Old Khmer ស្មេ (sme, idem), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sməʔ, *sməh (“equal, alike”), ultimately from Sanskrit सम (sama, idem) or Pali sama (idem). Cognate with Thai เสมอ (sà-mə̌ə), Lao ສະເໝີ (sa mœ̄), Lü ᦉᦵᦖᦲ (ṡṁoe).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្មើ
s̥moe
WT romanisation smaə
(standard) IPA(key) /smaə/

Adjective

ស្មើ • (smaə) (abstract noun ភាពស្មើ)

  1. same, alike
  2. equal
  3. impartial
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