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មក

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See also: មួក

Khmer

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *mɔːkʔ (“to emerge”). Cognate with Northern Khmer โม, Old Mon mok (“to appear”), and Vietnamese mọc.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic មក
mk
WT romanisation mɔɔk
(standard) IPA(key) /mɔːʔ/

Verb

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មក • (mɔɔk) (abstract noun ការមក)

  1. to come (to move from further to closer)
    Antonym: ទៅ (tɨw)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “មក” in Cambodian-English Dictionary (Aggregated) (Catholic University Press 1977, Dunwoody Press 1997) (plus additional data from the Chuon Nath Khmer Dictionary (Buddhist Institute, Phnom Penh, 1966)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.