Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wil ~ *wəl ~ *wal ~ *wail (to turn). Doublet of វល់ (vŭəl), -វែល (-vɛɛl) of similar meaning, of វៀល (viəl, to cut around), and also probably of -មៀល (-miəl, to roll), មូល (muul, round, spherical), មួល (muəl, to turn, to twist).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic វិល
vil
WT romanisation vɨl
(standard) IPA(key) /ʋɨl/

Verb edit

វិល (vɨl) (abstract noun ការវិល)

  1. to turn, turn around, spin, revolve
  2. to return, go back

Affixed forms edit