កត់

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer កត៑ (kat), *កត៑ (*kat), កត (kata, “to engrave, to inscribe, to mark down, to note down, to record, to register; to note, to observe; to decide, to solve, to resolve; etc”). Cognate with Thai กฎ (gòt), Lao ກົດ (kot).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កត់ kt´ WT romanisation kɑt (standard) IPA(key) /kɑt/

Verb

កត់ • (kɑt) (abstract noun ការកត់)

1. to note, to mark, to write down
2. to accumulate (of water), to become a puddle

Derived terms

• កត់ហេតុ (kɑt haet)​

Affixed forms

• កំណត់ (kɑmnɑt)