ពាក់
Khmer
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *[d]ɓak ~ *[d]ɓaak (“to bestride; to have hanging down the neck”). Cognate with Mang ɓak⁷, Eastern Bru ʔa.bak, Bahnar tơʼbăk, Vietnamese mắc, with meanings ranging from "to hang", "to wear around the neck", "to carry on the shoulder/back", to "to support".
Pronunciation
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Verb
ពាក់ • (pĕək) (abstract noun ការពាក់)
- to wear, put on (such as a hat, shirt, shoes, ring, or any garment other than pants or skirt)
- to hang up, suspend, hang on, to bear (a license number)
- (figurative) to assume, take upon oneself
- to pass through, to thread, string (put things on a string)
- to climb on top of one another; (vulgar) to mate, to mount a female (said of animals)
Affixed forms
See also
- ស្លៀកពាក់ (sliək pĕək)
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