Khmer

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *(b)ruun (intestinal worm) (Shorto 2006). Cognate with Vietnamese giun, trùn.

Sakamoto (2015) derives this word, alongside regular ភ្រូណ (phruun) ~ ភ្រូណា (phruunaa, embryo), from Sanskrit भ्रूण (bhrūṇa, embryo).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ព្រូន
b̥rūn
WT romanisation pruun
(standard) IPA(key) /pruːn/

Noun

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ព្រូន (pruun)

  1. intestinal worm