កំភ្លាញ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កំភ្លាញ kṃb̥ʰlāñ WT romanisation kɑmphliəñ (standard) IPA(key) /kɑm.ˈpʰliəɲ/

Noun

កំភ្លាញ • (kɑmphliəñ)

1. a kind of small freshwater fish (either Trichogaster or Trichopodus), used especially for making fish paste

   កំភ្លាញស្លាប់ពីព្រោះមាត់ខ្វែកស្លាប់ពីព្រោះអាចម៍

   kɑmphliəñ slap pii prŭəh mŏət khvaek slap pii prŭəh ʼac

   The komplienh fish is killed because of its mouth, and the khvaek bird is killed because of its dung. (Cambodian proverb)