ក្អែក

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Austroasiatic *kʔaːkʔ (“crow”). Cognate with Semai eu'ak, Bahnar ak, Vietnamese ác là and bồ các.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ក្អែក
k̥ʼaek
WT romanisation kʼaek
(standard) IPA(key) /kʔaek/

Noun

ក្អែក • (kʼaek)

  1. crow, raven
  2. (figurative) a person:
    1. (derogatory) lower-class, lowborn person
    2. boorish, crude person
  3. black sharkminnow (Labeo chrysophekadion)

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