Khmer

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Etymology

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From ដើម (daəm, beginning, origin) with prefixed p- (causative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ផ្ដើម
p̥ʰṭoem
WT romanisation phdaəm
(standard) IPA(key) /pɗaəm/

Verb

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ផ្ដើម (phdaəm) (abstract noun ការផ្ដើម)

  1. (transitive) to start, begin, initiate
  2. to begin to, start to
  3. to build, organize
  4. to precede

Derived terms

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