Khmer edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic កាយ
kāy
WT romanisation kaay
(standard) IPA(key) /kaːj/

Etymology 1 edit

From Sanskrit काय (kāya) or Pali kāya (body).

Noun edit

កាយ (kaay)

  1. human body
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaay (to scratch).

Verb edit

កាយ (kaay) (abstract noun ការកាយ)

  1. to scratch, to scrape

Affixed forms edit

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

កាយ m

  1. Khmer script form of kāya (body)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

កាយ

  1. Khmer script form of kāya, which is instrumental/dative/ablative/genitive/locative singular of កា (, who (f.))