Khmer

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Etymology

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From ខិត (khət, to stop someone from doing something) with infixed -VN- (resultative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic កំហិត
kṃhit
WT romanisation kɑmhət
(standard) IPA(key) /kɑm.ˈhət/

Noun

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កំហិត (kɑmhət)

  1. limit, restriction, condition; compulsion, constraint, coercion; deadline
  2. advance payment, deposit