អាវ

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Khmer[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic អាវ
ʼāv
WT romanisation ʼaaw
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔaːw/

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaawʔ (“upper garment”).

Noun[edit]

អាវ • (ʼaaw)

  1. shirt; blouse; coat; upper garment
  2. amount of cloth needed to make one shirt

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare Middle Chinese 澳 (MC 'awH|'juwk), Burmese အော် (au), Mon ဩ, Thai อ่าว (àao).

Noun[edit]

អាវ • (ʼaaw)

  1. estuary (of a river)
  2. gulf; bay

Etymology 3[edit]

Adjective[edit]

អាវ • (ʼaaw) (abstract noun ភាពអាវ)

  1. hardened; having a hard crust; crusty; difficult to cook (esp. of potatoes)
  2. worthless; good-for-nothing; dumb
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