អម្ពិល

Khmer

Alternative forms

  • អំពិល (ʼɑmpɨl)

Etymology

From Pali ambila, from Sanskrit अम्ल (amla).

Alternatively, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *m(ɓ)il ~ *(m)ɓiəl (tamarind) (Shorto 2006).

Compare Northern Khmer มปึล.

Pronunciation

Orthographic អម្ពិល
ʼm̥bil
Phonemic អំ-ពិល
ʼṃ-bil
WT romanisation ʼɑmpɨl
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔɑm.ˈpɨl/

Adjective

អម្ពិល • (ʼɑmpɨl) (abstract noun ភាពអម្ពិល)

  1. sour, acidic

Noun

អម្ពិល • (ʼɑmpɨl)

  1. tamarind

See also

Basic tastes in Khmer · រស (rŭəh) (layout · text)
អែម (ʼaem) អម្ពិល (ʼɑmpɨl), ជូរ (cuu) ប្រៃ (pray) ចត់ (cɑt), ល្វីង (lviing) ហឹរ (haə) ប្រៃ (pray)

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