Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ksiw ~ *ksiəw (to whisper). Cognate with Mon က္သေဲ (kəsea), Khasi pasiaw.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ខ្សៀវ
k̥ʰsiav
WT romanisation khsiəw
(standard) IPA(key) /kʰsiəw/

Verb edit

ខ្សៀវ (khsiəw) (abstract noun ការខ្សៀវ)

  1. used in the compound ខ្សឹបខ្សៀវ (khsəpkhsiəw)​: to whisper

Synonyms edit