បន្តិចបន្តួច

See also: បន្តិចបន្តូច

Khmer

Etymology

From តិចតួច (təc tuəc, “small, few”) with prefixed bVN-, applied to each term of the ablauting reduplication, ultimately from តិច (təc). See បន្តិច (bɑntəc) for the non-reduplicated prefixed form.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	បន្តិចបន្តួច pn̥ticpn̥tuac
WT romanisation	bɑntəc bɑntuəc
(standard) IPA^(key)	/ɓɑn.təc ɓɑn.tuəc/

Adverb

បន្តិចបន្តួច • (bɑntəc bɑntuəc)

a little, a few
to a small extent, just barely, somewhat
very little, in a small quantity, just a little

Alternative forms

បន្តិចបន្តូច (bɑntəc bɑntouc)

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