Khmer

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Etymology

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From សៀត (siət, to insert, to stick in) with infixed -n- (instrumental).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ស្នៀត
s̥niat
WT romanisation sniət
(standard) IPA(key) /sniət/

Noun

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ស្នៀត (sniət)

  1. wedge, peg, pin, bolt, insert
  2. tactics, trick, ruse, strategy; move (chess); technique, self-defense techniques

Derived terms

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