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U+179F, ស
KHMER LETTER SA

[U+179E]
Khmer
[U+17A0]

Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic
s
WT romanisation sɑɑ
(standard) IPA(key) /sɑː/

Etymology 1

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Letter

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ស, ្ស (sɑɑ)

  1. the thirtieth letter of the Cambodian alphabet
Usage notes
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Northern Khmer ซอฺ.

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Adjective

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(sɑɑ) (abstract noun ភាពស)

  1. to be white
Derived terms
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Affixed forms
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See also
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Colors in Khmer · ពណ៌ (pɔə) (layout · text)
     (sɑɑ)      ប្រផេះ (prɑpheh)      ខ្មៅ (khmaw)
             ក្រហម (krɑhɑɑm)              ទឹកក្រូច (tɨk krouc); ត្នោត (tnaot)              លឿង (lɨəng)
                          បៃតង (baytɑɑng)             
                                       ខៀវ (khiəw)
             ស្វាយ (svaay)              ស្វាយ (svaay)              ផ្កាឈូក (phkaa chuuk)

Etymology 3

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Proper noun

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(sɑɑ)

  1. Sa, a surname

Pali

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Letter

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(s)

  1. The 38th letter and 30th consonant of the Khmer Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the voiceless, sibilant fricative consonant /s/.

See also

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  • (v) (previous letter of the Pali alphabet)

Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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  1. (demonstrative) Khmer script form of sa, which is nominative singular masculine of (ta, that)

Pronoun

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 m

  1. (demonstrative) Khmer script form of sa, which is nominative singular of (ta, he, it)