Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya, saying, speech, sentence) or Pali vākya (saying, speech, sentence).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic ពាក្យ
bāk̥y
Phonemic ពាក
bāk
WT romanisation piək
(standard) IPA(key) /piəʔ/
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Noun edit

ពាក្យ (piək)

  1. word, term
  2. utterance, expression, phrase
  3. speech
  4. language

Derived terms edit