រីត

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rit ~ *riit (“to tighten, to constrict”). Doublet of រឹត (rɨt, “to squeeze, to tighten, to fasten”), រឺត (rɨɨt, “to squeeze, to milk, to massage”). Compare Thai รีด (rîit, “to squeeze, to milk; to press, to iron”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic រីត
rīt
WT romanisation riit
(standard) IPA(key) /riːt/

Verb

រីត • (riit) (abstract noun ការរីត)

  1. to flatten, to straighten, to even out, to make level, to smooth out
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