វិល

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *wil ~ *wəl ~ *wal ~ *wail (“to turn”). Doublet of វល់ (vŭəl), -វែល (-vɛɛl) of similar meaning, of វៀល (viəl, “to cut around”), and also probably of -មៀល (-miəl, “to roll”), មូល (muul, “round, spherical”), មួល (muəl, “to turn, to twist”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	វិល vil
WT romanisation	vɨl
(standard) IPA^(key)	/ʋɨl/

Verb

វិល • (vɨl) (abstract noun ការវិល)

to turn, turn around, spin, revolve
to return, go back

Affixed forms

ក្រវិល (krɑvəl)
ខ្វិល (khvəl)
បង្វិល (bɑngvɨl)
ពង្វិល (pŭəngvɨl)
រង្វិល (rŭəngvɨl)
រវិល (rɔvɨl)