Content-type: text/html Search Results for Dictionary of Old Khmer Searching Old Khmer for "spāy" (as ""(?:[^"]*(?:-| ))*()*spāy\d?(?:(?:-| )[^"]*)*"")
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spāy A4427     definitions see: spai
spai /sɓɤy/ ~ spāy /sɓay/ A4430     †[Mod. Khmer ស្បៃ spai /sɓay/ ``n. k. of cheesecloth or other open weave fabric used to make mosquito netting, gauze, tulle; n. k. of woman's shawl-like garment made of silk brocade ...''; pfx /s‑/ + *pai /ɓɤy/ ~ *pāy /ɓay/; cf. mod. Khmer ស្ពាយ sbāy /spieːy/1 and Malay sĕbai2 ]. definitions 1 n. Long scarf, shawl, stole. citations spai pyah (K.713B:17) ~ spai pyaḥ (K.713B:2) ~ spāy phyah (K.669C:18), `an unidentified type of shawl or stole'.3 notes 1 Headley, 1385b: ``v. to carry slung across / suspended from the shoulder, ...'' 2 Wilkinson, II:396a: `Wearing a loose cloth passing behind the neck and with its ends hanging in front over the shoulders ... '. 3 Cf. Pou, 512b.