ត្អើក

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cʔə(ə)ʔ ~ *cʔə(ə)k ~ *cʔak (“to hiccough; to belch”). Cognate with Vietnamese nấc.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ត្អើក t̥ʼoek WT romanisation tʼaək (standard) IPA(key) /tʔaək/

Verb

ត្អើក • (tʼaək) (abstract noun ការត្អើក)

1. to hiccup