Khmer

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Etymology

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From កើត (kaət, to be born) with infixed -Vmn- (processive). cognate with Thai กำเนิด (gam-nə̀ət),Lao ກຳເນີດ (kam nœ̄t)

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic កំណើត
kṃṇoet
WT romanisation kɑmnaət
(standard) IPA(key) /kɑm.ˈnaət/

Noun

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កំណើត (kɑmnaət)

  1. birth
  2. beginning; origin

Derived terms

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Verb

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កំណើត (kɑmnaət) (abstract noun ការកំណើត)

  1. to originate