សន្ទុះ

Khmer

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Etymology

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From ស្ទុះ (stuh, to dash, accelerate) with infixed -VN-. Compare សំទុះ (sɑmtuh) which didn't undergo regressive assimilation.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic សន្ទុះ
sn̥duḥ
WT romanisation sɑntuh
(standard) IPA(key) /sɑn.ˈtuh/

Noun

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សន្ទុះ (sɑntuh)

  1. moment, instant
  2. momentum, impetus, impulse, burst / spurt (of energy)
    ផែនការផ្ដល់សន្ទុះសេដ្ឋកិច្ច  ―  phaen kaa phdɑl sɑntuh seetthaʼkəc  ―  economic stimulus plan