ពាក់

Khmer

Etymology

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".

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពាក់ bāk´ WT romanisation pĕək (standard) IPA(key) /pĕəʔ/

Verb

ពាក់ • (pĕək) (abstract noun ការពាក់)

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

Affixed forms

• ចំពាក់ (cɑmpĕək)
• ជំពាក់ (cumpĕək)
• ឆ្ពាក់ (chpĕək)
• បំពាក់ (bɑmpĕək)
• ប្រពាក់ (prɑpĕək)
• ពពាក់ (pɔpĕək)
• ពំនាក់ (pumnĕək)​
• ភ្នាក់ (phnĕək)​
• ព្រនាក់ (prɔnĕək)​
• រពាក់ (rɔpĕək)

See also

• ស្លៀកពាក់ (sliək pĕək)