ស្លឹក

See also: ស្លោក

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ (“leaf”), cognate with Vietnamese lá (“leaf”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf”), whence Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”) and Burmese လက်ဖက် (lakhpak, “tea plant”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ស្លឹក
s̥lẏk
WT romanisation slək
(standard) IPA(key) /slək/

Noun

ស្លឹក • (slək)

  1. leaf
  2. sheet (e.g. of paper)

Derived terms
  • ស្លឹកដូង (slǝk dooŋ)
  • ស្លឹករឹត (slǝk riit)
  • ស្លឹកឈើ (slək cʰəə)

Classifier

ស្លឹក • (slək)

  1. classifier for 400 fruits (= 10 ផ្លូន (phloun))
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