កាយ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កាយ
kāy
WT romanisation kaay
(standard) IPA(key) /kaːj/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit काय (kāya) or Pali kāya (body).

Noun

កាយ • (kaay)

  1. human body
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaay (to scratch).

Verb

កាយ • (kaay) (abstract noun ការកាយ)

  1. to scratch, to scrape

Affixed forms

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Noun

កាយ m

  1. Khmer script form of kāya (body)
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronoun

កាយ

  1. Khmer script form of kāya, which is instrumental/dative/ablative/genitive/locative singular of កា (, who (f.))