ខះ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ckəh (“dry”). Cognate with Northern Khmer คัฮ, Mon သ္ကဟ် (kɔh, skah), Proto-Nyah-Kur *cəkaj, Bulo Stieng [script needed] (kə:h, kʰə:h).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ខះ
kʰḥ
WT romanisation khah
(standard) IPA(key) /kʰah/

Adjective

ខះ • (khah) (abstract noun ភាពខះ)

  1. to be dried up, withered
  2. used in the compound ខះខំ (khah khɑm, “to be patient and persevering”)

Verb

ខះ • (khah) (abstract noun ការខះ)

  1. to dry up, to wither
  2. to thicken by evaporation
  3. used in the compound ខះខំ (khah khɑm, “to try hard”)

Affixed forms

  • បង្ខះ (bɑngkhah)

See also

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