Khmer

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Etymology

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From ឃ្លាន (khliən, hungry) with infixed -VN- (resultative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic គំលាន
gṃlān
WT romanisation kumliən
(standard) IPA(key) /kum.ˈliən/

Noun

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គំលាន (kumliən)

  1. hunger, starvation
  2. a violent desire for something