ខ្ចី

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kciʔ (“young; green”); cognate with Halang kơchĭ (“young, unripe”) and Bahnar kơsĕ (“young, unripe”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ខ្ចី k̥ʰcī WT romanisation khcəy (standard) IPA(key) /kʰcəj/

Adjective

ខ្ចី • (khcəy) (abstract noun ភាពខ្ចី)

1. green, unripe, fresh, raw
2. young
3. naive, inexperienced
4. light (said of a color, especially blue, green, or yellow)

   ខៀវខ្ចី  ―  khiəw khcəy  ―  cyan, light blue

Derived terms

• ឆ្អឹងខ្ចី (chʼəng khcəy, “cartilage”)

Verb

ខ្ចី • (khcəy) (abstract noun ការខ្ចី)

1. to borrow

Affixed forms

• កំចី (kɑmcəy)