ក្អែក

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kʔaak ~ *kʔaik (crow; to caw). Cognate with Semai eu'ak, Bahnar ak, Vietnamese ác. Compare also Vietnamese bồ các.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ក្អែក
k̥ʼaek
WT romanisation kʼaek
(standard) IPA(key) /kʔaek/

Noun

ក្អែក (kʼaek)

  1. crow, raven
  2. lower-class person
  3. a gloomy person
  4. black sharkminnow (fish, Labeo chrysophekadion)

Derived terms

See also

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