Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From សរសេរ (sɑsee, to write) with infixed -m- (agentive).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្មេរ
s̥mer
WT romanisation smee
(standard) IPA(key) /smeː/

Noun edit

ស្មេរ (smee)

  1. secretary, clerk