វាយ

Khmer

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic វាយ vāy WT romanisation viəy (standard) IPA(key) /ʋiəj/

Verb

វាយ • (viəy) (abstract noun ការវាយ)

1. to hit, beat, slap, strike (with the hand, stick, club or whip)
2. to type
3. to strike (of a clock)
4. to analyze, sum up a situation
5. to discuss the price of something
6. to fight, invade, attack
7. to break
8. kind of plant producing small edible fruit which are red when ripe

Derived terms

• វាយដំ (viey dɑm)
• វាយដំច្រំធាក់ (viey dɑm cram tʰeak)