See also: ស្នង

Khmer edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្នែង
s̥naeṅ
WT romanisation snaeng
(standard) IPA(key) /snaeŋ/

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *gnaiŋ ~ *gniəŋ. Cognate with Pacoh kineng (tooth), Bahnar sơnĕnh, hơnĕnh (tooth), Vietnamese nanh.

Noun edit

ស្នែង (snaeng)

  1. horn (of an animal)
  2. 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)

  1. pole used to carry a load between the shoulders of two or more persons
  2. load carried on such a pole

Classifier edit

ស្នែង (snaeng)

  1. classifier for such loads