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.

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

• (Chinese zodiac signs) រាសីចក្រ (riəsəycak); (ឆ្នាំ~) ជូត (cuut), ឆ្លូវ (chləw), ខាល (khaal), ថោះ (thɑh), រោង (roong), ម្សាញ់ (msañ), មមី (mɔmii), មមែ (mɔmɛɛ), វក (vɔɔk), រកា (rɔkaa), ច (cɑɑ), កុរ (kol) ^{(Category: km:Chinese zodiac signs)}