មមី

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Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic មមី
mmī
WT romanisation mɔmii
(standard) IPA(key) /mɔ.ˈmiː/

Etymology 1

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From Old Khmer មមី (mamī, “horse (zodiac)”), from Vietic. Compare Thai มะเมีย (má-miia) and Vietnamese ngựa.

The medial -m- originated from the progressive assimilation of -ŋ-, due to the labial minor syllable: *m-ŋ- > m-m-. The similar phenomenon also occurred with មមែ (mɔmɛɛ). See Ferlus (2013) for more.[1]

Noun

មមី • (mɔmii)

  1. (astrology) the Horse, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.
    ឆ្នាំមមី  ―  chnam mɔmii  ―  year of the Horse

See also

References

  1. ^ Ferlus, Michel. "The sexagesimal cycle, from China to Southeast Asia".

Etymology 2

Adjective

មមី • (mɔmii) (abstract noun ភាពមមី)

  1. to be drowsy, sleepy; to be half-open (of the eyes)
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