ត្បាល់

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tpal (mortar for pounding rice). Cognate with Bahnar hơpăl (wood mortar to pound rice in), Pacoh tupál (mortar; beating bowl) and Riang [pal¹].

An affixed form of ដាល់ (dal).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ត្បាល់
t̥pāl´
WT romanisation tbal
(standard) IPA(key) /tɓal/

Noun edit

ត្បាល់ (tbal)

  1. mortar