បញ្ចុះ

Khmer

Etymology

From ចុះ (coh, “to go down”) with prefixed bVN- (causative).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បញ្ចុះ pñ̥cuḥ WT romanisation bɑñcoh (standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑɲ.ˈcoh/

Verb

បញ្ចុះ • (bɑñcoh) (abstract noun ការបញ្ចុះ)

1. to lower, to lay down, to reduce

   បញ្ចុះថ្លៃ  ―  bɑñcoh thlay  ―  to reduce prices

2. to depose
3. to force down, to subdue, to put down
4. to sink (a boat)
5. to demote
6. to humiliate, to demean, to degrade