Khmer

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ពូកែ
būkae
WT romanisation puu kae
(standard) IPA(key) /puː ˈkae/

Adjective

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ពូកែ (puu kae) (abstract noun ភាពពូកែ)

  1. to be skilled, skillful, strong, good at, very intelligent
  2. to be effective (of medicine)
  3. to like (doing something)