ពុះ

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ពុះ
buḥ
WT romanisation puh
(standard) IPA(key) /puh/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuh (“to bubble, to boil”). Cognate with Vietnamese mủ (“pus”).

Verb

ពុះ • (puh) (abstract noun ការពុះ)

  1. to bubble, boil, foam
    ទឹកពុះ  ―  tɨk puh  ―  boiling water

Affixed forms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *buuh (“to split”). Cognate with Vietnamese bổ (“to split wood”).

Verb

ពុះ • (puh) (abstract noun ការពុះ)

  1. to split (wood)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.