ត្បាល់

Khmer

Etymology

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

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

Noun

ត្បាល់ • (tbal)

1. mortar