ខ្លី

See also: ខ្លះ and ខ្លា

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɢliʔ ~ *ɢliəʔ ~ *ɢliəh (“short”). Cognate with Mon ဂၠေံ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ខ្លី k̥ʰlī
WT romanisation	khləy
(standard) IPA^(key)	/kʰləj/

Adjective

ខ្លី • (khləy) (abstract noun ភាពខ្លី)

short (in length)

Derived terms

កាំភ្លើងខ្លី (kampləəng khləy, “pistol”)

See also

ទាប (tiəp)

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