ធ្វើ

Khmer

Alternative forms

• ធើ (thəə)

Etymology

Cognate with Thai เทวอ (twəə).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ធ្វើ d̥ʰvoe WT romanisation thvəə (standard) IPA(key) /tʰʋəː/

Verb

ធ្វើ • (thvəə) (abstract noun ការធ្វើ)

1. to do, to make, work, carry out, perform
2. to act, serve as
3. to prepare, fix (such as a meal)
4. to repair (a car)
5. to clean (fish)
6. to build, compose
7. to work, cultivate (a field)
8. to execute, practice
9. to pretend to be
10. to harm
11. to cast a spell, put a curse on, enchant

Derived terms

• ធ្វើការ (thvəə kaa)​
• ធ្វើដំណើរ (thvəə dɑmnaə)
• ធ្វើឲ្យខ្វល់ (thvəə ʼaoy khvɑl)

Affixed forms

• ទង្វើ (tŭəngvəə)