មមែ

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer mamē or mamēha (“goat (zodiac)”), from Vietic. Compare Thai มะแม (má-mɛɛ). Doublet of ពពែ (pɔpɛɛ).

The medial -m- originated from the assimilation of -ɓ-, due to the labial minor syllable: *m-ɓ- > m-m-. The similar phenomenon also occurred with មមី (mɔmii). See Ferlus (2013) for more.[1]

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic មមែ
mmae
WT romanisation mɔmɛɛ
(standard) IPA(key) /mɔ.ˈmɛː/

Noun

មមែ • (mɔmɛɛ)

  1. (astrology) the Goat, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs.

See also

References
  1. Ferlus, Michel. "The sexagesimal cycle, from China to Southeast Asia".
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