ខ្ចី

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kciʔ (young; green); cognate with Halang kơchĭ (young, unripe) and Bahnar kơsĕ (young, unripe).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ខ្ចី
k̥ʰcī
WT romanisation khcəy
(standard) IPA(key) /kʰcəj/

Adjective

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ខ្ចី (khcəy) (abstract noun ភាពខ្ចី)

  1. green, unripe, fresh, raw
  2. young
  3. naive, inexperienced
  4. light (said of a color, especially blue, green, or yellow)
    ខៀវខ្ចី  ―  khiəw khcəy  ―  cyan, light blue

Derived terms

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Verb

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ខ្ចី (khcəy) (abstract noun ការខ្ចី)

  1. to borrow

Affixed forms

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