Khmer

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Etymology

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From សាយ (saay, to disperse, to scatter) with infixed -r-. Compare also រាយ (riəy), រសាយ (rɔsaay).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ស្រាយ
s̥rāy
WT romanisation sraay
(standard) IPA(key) /sraːj/

Verb

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ស្រាយ (sraay) (abstract noun ការស្រាយ)

  1. to untie, to undo, to untangle
  2. to solve, to explain, to clarify
  3. to translate, to decode

Noun

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ស្រាយ (sraay)

  1. sapwood