Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bluuʔ (thigh). Cognate with Thai เพลา (plao).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ភ្លៅ
b̥ʰlau
WT romanisation phlɨw
(standard) IPA(key) /pʰlɨw/

Noun edit

ភ្លៅ (phlɨw)

  1. thigh
  2. axis; axle; shaft

Affixed forms edit