បន្តិចបន្តួច

See also: បន្តិចបន្តូច

Khmer

Etymology

From តិចតួច (təc tuəc, “small,​ few”) with prefixed bVN-, applied to each term of the ablauting reduplication, ultimately from តិច (təc). See បន្តិច (bɑntəc) for the non-reduplicated prefixed form.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បន្តិចបន្តួច pn̥ticpn̥tuac WT romanisation bɑntəc bɑntuəc (standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑn.təc ɓɑn.tuəc/

Adverb

បន្តិចបន្តួច • (bɑntəc bɑntuəc)

1. a little, a few
2. to a small extent, just barely, somewhat
3. very little, in a small quantity, just a little

Alternative forms

• បន្តិចបន្តូច (bɑntəc bɑntouc)