មួយ

Khmer

Khmer cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : មួយ (muəy)
    Ordinal : ទីមួយ (tiimuəy)

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic មួយ
muay
WT romanisation muəy
(standard) IPA(key) /muəj/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *muuj ~ *muəj ~ *muuɲ. Compare Vietnamese một.

Numeral

មួយ • (muəy)

  1. one

Etymology 2

From Chinese 妹.

Pronoun

មួយ • (muəy)

  1. you, your (when addressing Chinese or Sino-Khmer girls)
    អាមួយ ― aa muəy ― you (for close female Sino-Khmer friends, or to express endearment)
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