រីត
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Khmer[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rit ~ *riit (“to tighten, to constrict”). Doublet of រឹត (rɨt, “to squeeze, to tighten, to fasten”), រឺត (rɨɨt, “to squeeze, to milk, to massage”). Compare Thai รีด (rîit, “to squeeze, to milk; to press, to iron”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
រីត • (riit) (abstract noun ការរីត)
- to flatten, to straighten, to even out, to make level, to smooth out