ឫស

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ris ~ *riəs ~ *rəs ~ *rʔiəs (“root”). Cognate with Mon ရိုဟ် (rɜ̀h), Northern Khmer รืฮ, Nyah Kur ริฮ่ (rìh), Vietnamese rễ.

Pronunciation
Orthographic ឫស
ṛs
Phonemic រឹស
rẏs
WT romanisation rɨh
(standard) IPA(key) /rɨh/

Noun

ឫស • (rɨh)

  1. (botany, anatomy) root (of a plant, tooth)
  2. (mathematics) root
  3. base, basis, fundamental principle, foundation, footing
  4. (pathology) plantar wart
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