Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit क्षय (kṣaya).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ក្ស័យ
k̥s˘y
WT romanisation ksay
(standard) IPA(key) /kʰsaj/

Noun edit

ក្ស័យ (ksay)

  1. ruin, loss, destruction, ridding, extinction

Verb edit

ក្ស័យ (ksay) (abstract noun ការក្ស័យ)

  1. (formal) to die
  2. to suppress, stifle; to lose; to exhaust; to get rid of