រឺត

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rit ~ *riit (“to tighten, to constrict”). Doublet of រឹត (rɨt, “to squeeze, to tighten, to fasten”), រីត (riit, “to flatten, to straighten”). Compare Thai รีด (rîit, “to squeeze, to milk; to press, to iron”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	រឺត rȳt
WT romanisation	rɨɨt
(standard) IPA^(key)	/rɨːt/

Verb

រឺត • (rɨɨt) (abstract noun ការរឺត)

to squeeze (in order to extract liquid), to milk (a cow), to massage