ស្នែង
See also: ស្នង
Khmer edit
Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *gnaiŋ ~ *gniəŋ. Cognate with Pacoh kineng (“tooth”), Bahnar sơnĕnh, hơnĕnh (“tooth”), Vietnamese nanh.
Noun edit
ស្នែង • (snaeng)
- horn (of an animal)
- horn-like musical instrument
Descendants edit
- → English: sneng
Etymology 2 edit
From សែង (saeng, “to carry a load on a pole by 2 or more people”) with infixed -n- (instrumental).
Noun edit
ស្នែង • (snaeng)
Classifier edit
ស្នែង • (snaeng)
- classifier for such loads