ស្ពាន

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *(j)baan ~ *(j)buun (bridge, causeway), maybe related to ពាន (piən, to walk on, climb over). Cognate with Northern Khmer ซเปียน. Compare Thai สะพาน (sà-paan).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ស្ពាន
s̥bān
WT romanisation spiən
(standard) IPA(key) /spiən/

Noun

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ស្ពាន (spiən)

  1. bridge