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
    តើលោកកំពុងអី  ―  taə look kɑmpung thvəə ʼəy  ―  What are you doing?
  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

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