វវេ

Old Khmer

Variant forms
Latin vave‍
Pallava ‍

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bəɓeʔ (“goat”), of onomatopoeic origin. Cognate with Old Mon ဗၜေအ်, Thai แพะ (pɛ́). Doublet of មមេ (mame; "the Goat, one of the twelve lunar zodiac signs").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wᵊwɛː/

Noun

វវេ (vave)

  1. goat
  2. Any member of genus Capra: goat.

Descendants

  • Khmer: ពពែ (pɔpɛɛ)
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