លើក

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Khmer

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Khmer លេក (leka), លើក (lœka) (attested in 1378-1477 as leka and became lœka around 1671), from Old Khmer លេក៑ (lek) (first attested in 578-677), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ləək (to lift, raise). Cognate with Thai เลิก (lə̂ək), Lao ເລີກ (lœ̄k), Northern Thai ᩃᩮᩥ᩠ᨠ.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic លើក
loek
WT romanisation ləək
(standard) IPA(key) /ləːk/

Verb

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លើក (ləək) (abstract noun ការលើក)

  1. to lift, raise, elevate, hoist, boost
  2. to erect, build, establish, create
  3. to form
  4. to levy, raise (e.g. troops)
  5. to perform, celebrate (a ritual or ceremony)
  6. to exalt
  7. to rouse
  8. to transport
  9. to exhume, dig up
  10. to adjourn, postpone, cancel

Derived terms

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Noun

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លើក (ləək)

  1. time, occasion, instance, session
    សង្គ្រាមលោកលើកទី២  ―  sɑngkriəm look ləək tii pii  ―  World War 2 (literally: war / world / time / number / 2)

Conjunction

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លើក (ləək)

  1. except, unless

Interjection

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លើក (ləək)

  1. alley oop (an exclamation used to order people to lift simultaneously, or an animal to lift its feet)