Khmer

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sl(əj)ʔ ~ *(s)ləəj(ʔ) (edible moss); cognate with Chong /kʰleː/, Riang /kleʔ¹/ and Proto-Khmuic *gleː.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ស្លែ
s̥lae
WT romanisation slae
(standard) IPA(key) /slae/

Noun

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ស្លែ (slae)

  1. moss