ភ្នំ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bn₂uum ~ *bn₂əm (“hill”). Cognate with Semelai bnʉm and Koho bönöm (“mountain”) and Santali ᱵᱩᱱᱩᱢ (bunum, “termite hill, white ant hill”). Possibly related to Vietnamese nấm (“mound”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ភ្នំ b̥ʰnṃ
WT romanisation	phnum
(standard) IPA^(key)	/pʰnum/

Noun

ភ្នំ • (phnum)

hill, mountain

Derived terms

កំពូលភ្នំ (kɑmpuul pnum)
ចង្កេះភ្នំ (cɑŋkeh pnum)
ច្រាំងភ្នំ (craŋ pnum)
ជើងភ្នំ (cəəŋ pnum)
ជ្រលងភ្នំ (crɔlɔɔŋ pnum)
ភ្នំពេញ (phnum pɨñ)
ភ្នំភ្លើង (pnum pləəng)

See also

ទួល (tuəl)
ផ្នូក (pnook)

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