ព្រិល

Khmer

Alternative forms

• ព្រឹល (prɨl)

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *pril ~ *priəl (“hail”). Cognate with Bahnar prĕl (“ice”), Pacoh pareal, Pnar phria, Parauk pre:, Santali ᱟᱨᱮᱞ (arel).

This Austroasiatic term has two variants, one with -r-l (represented by Khmer and the likes) and one with -l-r (represented by Khmu [Cuang] pliər, Mon ပၠဳ, Proto-Vietic *p-lɛːr). It is likely that the *prVl form is more original and the *plVr form was derived from metathesis.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ព្រិល b̥ril WT romanisation prɨl (standard) IPA(key) /prɨl/

Noun

ព្រិល • (prɨl)

1. hail
2. (by confusion) snow

   ធ្លាក់ព្រិល  ―  thlĕək prɨl  ―  It's hailing / snowing

Derived terms

• ព្រិលគ្រាប់ (prɨl krŏəp, “hail”)
• គ្រាប់ប្រិល (krŏəpprəl, “hailstone”)

Verb

ព្រិល • (prɨl) (abstract noun ការព្រិល)

1. to have blurred vision, not to see clearly

Derived terms

• ព្រិលៗ (prĭlprĭl)