Khmer edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ទុក
duk
WT romanisation tuk
(standard) IPA(key) /tuk/

Verb edit

ទុក (tuk) (abstract noun ការទុក)

  1. to put, to set, to place, to arrange
  2. to set aside, to keep, to retain, to save (for later), to preserve, to hold in reserve
    ទុកក៏មិនចំណេញដកចេញក៏មិនខាត
    tuk kɑɑ mɨn cɑmnəñ dɑɑk cəñ kɑɑ mɨn khaat
    "To keep [you] is no benefit, to destroy [you] is no loss." (Khmer Rouge saying)

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