ស្នែង

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Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ស្នែង
s̥naeṅ
WT romanisation snaeng
(standard) IPA(key) /snaeŋ/

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *gnaiŋ ~ *gniəŋ. Cognate with Pacoh kineng (tooth), Bahnar sơnĕnh, hơnĕnh (tooth), Vietnamese nanh.

Noun

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ស្នែង (snaeng)

  1. horn (of an animal)
  2. horn-like musical instrument
Descendants
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  • English: sneng

Etymology 2

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From សែង (saeng, to carry a load on a pole by 2 or more people) with infixed -n- (instrumental).

Noun

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ស្នែង (snaeng)

  1. pole used to carry a load between the shoulders of two or more persons
  2. load carried on such a pole

Classifier

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ស្នែង (snaeng)

  1. classifier for such loads