Khmer

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wən(ʔ) (coiled; to wind, bend). Cognate with Mon ဝေန် (wèn, to be crooked) and Vietnamese quấn (to wind, twine).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic វៀន
vian
WT romanisation viən
(standard) IPA(key) /ʋiən/

Verb

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វៀន (viən) (abstract noun ការវៀន)

  1. to curl up, to hunch oneself up

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