โขมด
Thai edit
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic | โขมด o kʰ m ɗ | |
| Phonemic | ขะ-โหฺมด kʰ a – o h ̥ m ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kà-mòot |
| Royal Institute | kha-mot | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /kʰa˨˩.moːt̚˨˩/(R) | |
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Khmer ខ្មោច (khmoca), ក្មោច្ច៑ (kmocc), ខ្មោច៑ (khmoc, “corpse; ghost, spirit; ancestral spirit; etc”). Cognate with Modern Khmer ខ្មោច (khmaoc).
Noun edit
โขมด • (kà-mòot)
- gleaming light seen at night, traditionally believed to be a type of nocturnal ghost that leads travellers astray, scientifically explained to be light naturally produced by methane.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
โขมด • (kà-mòot)