ស្វា

See also: សវ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *swaaʔ (“monkey”); cognate with Proto-Khmuic *hwaʔ (“monkey”) and Riang /wɑʔ¹/.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្វា
s̥vā
WT romanisation svaa
(standard) IPA(key) /sʋaː/

Noun

ស្វា • (svaa)

  1. monkey (esp. of the genera Macaca and Presbytis)
  2. ape
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