បន្ថោក

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From ថោក (thaok, cheap, trivial) with prefixed bVN- (causative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic បន្ថោក
pn̥tʰok
WT romanisation bɑnthaok
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑn.ˈtʰaok/

Verb

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បន្ថោក (bɑnthaok) (abstract noun ការបន្ថោក)

  1. to lower or reduce (of price)
  2. to cheapen, downgrade someone; to belittle, humiliate, insult, offend