Wiktionary

យក់

Khmer edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic យក់
yk´
WT romanisation yŭək
(standard) IPA(key) /jŭəʔ/

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Chinese 玉 (MC ngjowk, “jade”). Cognate with Thai หยก (yòk), Lao ຢົກ (yok), Javanese giok, Indonesian giok.

Noun edit

យក់ • (yŭək)

  1. jade.

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *juk ~ *jək ~ *jəək (“to lift”). Cognate with Vietnamese nhấc, Muong dắc, Arem jɨ̀k, Mon ယိုက် (yàk), Nyaheun jɨk, Semelai jɔk ("to take, fetch"), Gata' jok-, Western Lawa ยวก.

Verb edit

យក់ • (yŭək) (abstract noun ការយក់)

  1. to lift up.

Interjection edit

យក់ • (yŭək)

  1. command used to make a horse lift its feet.
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