តិះ

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer តិះ (tiḥ), *តិស៑ (*tis), *តេះ (*teḥ) (first attested in 578-677 as tiḥ). Cognate with Thai ติ (dtì), Northern Thai ᨲᩥ, Lao ຕິ (ti).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic តិះ tiḥ WT romanisation teh (standard) IPA(key) /teh/

Verb

តិះ • (teh) (abstract noun ការតិះ)

1. to insult; to mock; to censure; to hurl contemptuous remarks

Affixed forms

• តំណិះ (tɑmneh)