Khmer

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Etymology

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From ស្រក (srɑɑk, to go down) with infixed -VN- (processive).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic សម្រក
sm̥rk
Phonemic សំ-រ៉ក
sṃ-r″k
WT romanisation sɑmrɑɑk
(standard) IPA(key) /sɑm.ˈrɑːʔ/

Noun

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សម្រក (sɑmrɑɑk)

  1. low water, subsidence, fall (of a river)
  2. the swamp phalsa (Grewia urenaefolia)

Verb

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សម្រក (sɑmrɑɑk) (abstract noun ការសម្រក)

  1. to cause to decrease or to go down
  2. to vomit