ញី

See also: ញ, ញាំ, and ញ៉ាំ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ញី ñī WT romanisation ñii (standard) IPA(key) /ɲiː/

Etymology 1

From Chinese 女.

Noun

ញី • (ñii)

1. woman, dame (insultingly to refer to loose women)

Adjective

ញី • (ñii) (abstract noun ភាពញី)

1. to be female (non-human)

See also

• ឆ្កែញី (chkaeñii)
• ស្ត្រី (strəy)
• ស្រី (srəy)
• ភរិយា (phĕəʼriyiə)
• ប្រពន្ធ (prɑpŭən)
• ថី (thəy)

Etymology 2

Verb

ញី • (ñii) (abstract noun ការញី)

1. to knead
2. to massage, rub in
3. to rub, scrub
4. to crumple, crush, mash
5. to mix

Affixed forms

• ក្រញី (krɑñii)