របុក

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From រុក (ruk, to shove forcibly, to thrust into a narrow space) with infixed -b- (instrumental).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic របុក
rpuk
WT romanisation rɔbok
(standard) IPA(key) /rɔ.ˈɓok/

Noun

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របុក (rɔbok)

  1. rod, stick, prod
    1. stick used to chase animals from their burrows
    2. cleaning rod, small brush (for bottles)
  2. used in the compound របររបុក (rôbârrôbŏk, odd jobs, trivial tasks)