ក្លៀក

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kʔik ~ *kʔiək ~ *kʔaik (“armpit”); cognate with Proto-Khmuic *klʔɛk, Western Lawa kliək and Vietnamese nách (through a nasal infixed form).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ក្លៀក k̥liak
WT romanisation	kliək
(standard) IPA^(key)	/kʰliəʔ/

Noun

ក្លៀក • (kliək)

armpit, underarm

Verb

ក្លៀក • (kliək) (abstract noun ការក្លៀក)

to scrub the back (of an elephant)