បត់

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បត់ pt´ WT romanisation bɑt (standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑt/

Verb

បត់ • (bɑt) (abstract noun ការបត់)

1. to fold, bend, crease, pleat
2. to turn back or around, reverse direction
3. to veer
4. to turn, to bend, curve, wind (as a road)

   បត់ស្ដាំ  ―  bɑt sdam  ―  turn right

   បត់ឆ្វេង  ―  bɑt chveeng  ―  turn left

Adjective

បត់ • (bɑt) (abstract noun ភាពបត់)

1. to be winding, twisting
2. folding (as a pocket knife)