ខ្ចី

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kciʔ (“young; green”); cognate with Halang kơchĭ (“young, unripe”) and Bahnar kơsĕ (“young, unripe”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ខ្ចី
k̥ʰcī
WT romanisation khcəy
(standard) IPA(key) /kʰcəj/

Adjective

ខ្ចី • (khcəy) (abstract noun ភាពខ្ចី)

  1. green, unripe, fresh, raw
  2. young
  3. naive, inexperienced
  4. light (said of a color, especially blue, green, or yellow)
    ខៀវខ្ចី  ―  khiəw khcəy  ―  cyan, light blue

Derived terms

Verb

ខ្ចី • (khcəy) (abstract noun ការខ្ចី)

  1. to borrow

Affixed forms
  • កំចី (kɑmcəy)
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