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Khmer
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *[ ]ɟut ~ *[ ]ɟuut (“to wipe”); cognate with Mon ဇိုတ် (cɜ̀t), Pacoh dyuat, Koho juut.
Verb
ជូត • (cuut) (abstract noun ការជូត)
- to wipe (off), to dry with a towel, to clean (off)
- to dust
- to rub, polish
Etymology 2
From Old Khmer ជូត (jūt, jūta), ជូត្រ (jūtra, “rat (zodiac)”), from Vietic. Compare Thai ชวด (chûuat); Vietnamese chuột.
Noun
ជូត • (cuut)
- (astrology) the Rat, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.
See also
- (Chinese zodiac signs) រាសីចក្រ (riəsəycak); (ឆ្នាំ~) ជូត (cuut), ឆ្លូវ (chləw), ខាល (khaal), ថោះ (thɑh), រោង (roong), ម្សាញ់ (msañ), មមី (mɔmii), មមែ (mɔmɛɛ), វក (vɔɔk), រកា (rɔkaa), ច (cɑɑ), កុរ (kol) (Category: km:Chinese zodiac signs)