Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Thai ยาก (yâak).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic យ៉ាក
y″āk
WT romanisation yaak
(standard) IPA(key) /jaːʔ/

Adjective edit

យ៉ាក (yaak) (abstract noun ភាពយ៉ាក)

  1. to be in a difficult situation
  2. to be poor, miserable
  3. to be difficult (to do something)

Noun edit

យ៉ាក (yaak)

  1. pain, misery