បន្តិចបន្តួច

Khmer

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Etymology

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From តិចតួច (təc tuəc, small,​ few) with prefixed bVN-, applied to each term of the ablauting reduplication, ultimately from តិច (təc). See បន្តិច (bɑntəc) for the non-reduplicated prefixed form.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic បន្តិចបន្តួច
pn̥ticpn̥tuac
WT romanisation bɑntəc bɑntuəc
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑn.təc ɓɑn.tuəc/

Adverb

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បន្តិចបន្តួច (bɑntəc bɑntuəc)

  1. a little, a few
  2. to a small extent, just barely, somewhat
  3. very little, in a small quantity, just a little

Alternative forms

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