Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic រោម
rom
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(standard) IPA(key) /roːm/

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rum ~ *ruum ~ *ruəm ~ *ruəp (to assemble). Doublet of រួម (ruəm) and រួប (ruəp).

Verb

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រោម (room) (abstract noun ការរោម)

  1. to encircle, to surround, to cluster around, to swarm (as ants, bees)

Etymology 2

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From Pali roma.

Noun

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រោម (room)

  1. body hair (except head hair and pubic hair), fur, down
Synonyms
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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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រោម n

  1. Khmer script form of roma (hair)

Declension

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