ស្នែង

See also: ស្នង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្នែង s̥naeṅ WT romanisation snaeng (standard) IPA(key) /snaeŋ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *gnaiŋ ~ *gniəŋ. Cognate with Pacoh kineng (“tooth”), Bahnar sơnĕnh, hơnĕnh (“tooth”), Vietnamese nanh.

Noun

ស្នែង • (snaeng)

1. horn (of an animal)
2. horn-like musical instrument

Descendants

• → English: sneng

Etymology 2

From សែង (saeng, “to carry a load on a pole by 2 or more people”) with infixed -n- (instrumental).

Noun

ស្នែង • (snaeng)

1. pole used to carry a load between the shoulders of two or more persons
2. load carried on such a pole

Classifier

ស្នែង • (snaeng)

1. classifier for such loads