ខ្ចី
Khmer
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-KhmerCategory:Khmer terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer#ខ្ចីCategory:Khmer terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer#ខ្ចី *kciʔ (“young; green”); cognate with Halang kơchĭ (“young, unripe”) and Bahnar kơsĕ (“young, unripe”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
ខ្ចី • (khcəy) (abstract noun ភាពខ្ចី)Category:Khmer lemmas#ខ្ចីCategory:Khmer adjectives#ខ្ចីCategory:Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ខ្ចីCategory:Khmer entries with incorrect language header#ខ្ចីCategory:Pages with entries#ខ្ចីCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ខ្ចី
- green, unripe, fresh, raw
- young
- naive, inexperienced
- light (said of a color, especially blue, green, or yellow)
- ខៀវខ្ចី ― khiəw khcəy ― cyan, light blueCategory:Khmer terms with usage examples
Derived terms
- ឆ្អឹងខ្ចី (chʼəng khcəy, “cartilage”)
Verb
ខ្ចី • (khcəy) (abstract noun ការខ្ចី)Category:Khmer lemmas#ខ្ចីCategory:Khmer verbs#ខ្ចីCategory:Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ខ្ចីCategory:Khmer entries with incorrect language header#ខ្ចីCategory:Pages with entries#ខ្ចីCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ខ្ចី
- to borrow
Affixed forms
- កំចី (kɑmcəy)