បូក

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic បូក
pūk
WT romanisation bouk
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓouk/

Etymology 1

From Old Khmer បូក (pūka, “hump; mound; to heap up; to accumulate; to total”). Cognate with Thai บวก (bùuak), Lao ບວກ (būak).

Noun

បូក • (bouk)

  1. hump

Verb

បូក • (bouk) (abstract noun ការបូក)

  1. (arithmetic) to add, to make an addition
  2. to mix together

Adjective

បូក • (bouk) (abstract noun ភាពបូក)

  1. (mathematics) to be positive (greater than zero)

Affixed forms

Etymology 2

Compare Middle Chinese 抹 (MC mat, “to smear”). Cognate with Thai โบก (bòok), Lao ໂບກ (bōk).

Verb

បូក • (bouk) (abstract noun ការបូក)

  1. to smear; to plaster.
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