ខ្ទើយ

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɡɗəəj (“sexually abnormal male”). Cognate with Lao ກະເທີຍ (ka thœ̄i), Thai กะเทย (gà-təəi, “effeminate or transgender person assigned male at birth”).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic	ខ្ទើយ k̥ʰdoey
WT romanisation	khtəəy
(standard) IPA^(key)	/kʰtəːj/

Verb edit

ខ្ទើយ • (khtəəy) (abstract noun ការខ្ទើយ)

to be a hermaphrodite
to be gay, homosexual

Descendants edit

→ Thai: กะเทย (gà-təəi)
→ Lao: ກະເທີຍ (ka thœ̄i)

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