ខះ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ckəh (“dry”). Cognate with Northern Khmer คัฮ, Mon သ္ကဟ် (kɔh, skah), Proto-Nyah-Kur *cəkaj, Bulo Stieng [script needed] (kə:h, kʰə:h).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ខះ kʰḥ WT romanisation khah (standard) IPA(key) /kʰah/

Adjective

ខះ • (khah) (abstract noun ភាពខះ)

1. to be dried up, withered
2. used in the compound ខះខំ (khah khɑm, “to be patient and persevering”)

Verb

ខះ • (khah) (abstract noun ការខះ)

1. to dry up, to wither
2. to thicken by evaporation
3. used in the compound ខះខំ (khah khɑm, “to try hard”)

Affixed forms

• បង្ខះ (bɑngkhah)

See also

• ខិតខំ (khət khɑm)