ពុះ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពុះ buḥ WT romanisation puh (standard) IPA(key) /puh/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓuh (“to bubble, to boil”). Cognate with Vietnamese mủ (“pus”).

Verb

ពុះ • (puh) (abstract noun ការពុះ)

1. to bubble, boil, foam

   ទឹកពុះ  ―  tɨk puh  ―  boiling water

Affixed forms

• ពពុះ (pɔpuh)
• រំពុះ (rumpuh)
• អំពុះ (ʼɑmpuh)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *buuh (“to split”). Cognate with Vietnamese bổ (“to split wood”).

Verb

ពុះ • (puh) (abstract noun ការពុះ)

1. to split (wood)