លើ

See also: លូ, លៃ, លា, លី, ។ល។, and ល

Khmer

Etymology

From Middle Khmer លេ (le), លេហ (leha), លើ (lœ), លើហ (lœha, “above, aloft, on, over, overhead, top, upper; realm above, sublime; etc”), from Old Khmer លេ (le, idem). Cognate with Northern Khmer ลฺือ, Thai เลอ (ləə).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic លើ loe WT romanisation ləə (standard) IPA(key) /ləː/

Verb

លើ • (ləə) (abstract noun ការលើ)

1. to be on, over, above, located on top

Adverb

លើ • (ləə)

1. from above, from the top
2. above, overhead

Preposition

លើ • (ləə)

1. up, on, over, above
2. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against

Derived terms

• ត្រូវលើ (trəw ləə, “turn”)

Affixed forms

• អន្លើ (ʼɑnləə)