ពាក់

Khmer

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *[d]ɓak ~ *[d]ɓaak (“to bestride; to have hanging down the neck”). Cognate with Mang ɓak⁷, Eastern Bru ʔa.bak, Bahnar tơʼbăk, Vietnamese mắc, with meanings ranging from "to hang", "to wear around the neck", "to carry on the shoulder/back", to "to support".

ពាក់ • (pĕək) (abstract noun ការពាក់)

to wear, put on (such as a hat, shirt, shoes, ring, or any garment other than pants or skirt)
to hang up, suspend, hang on, to bear (a license number)
(figurative) to assume, take upon oneself
to pass through, to thread, string (put things on a string)
to climb on top of one another; (vulgar) to mate, to mount a female (said of animals)