បូក

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Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic បូក
pūk
WT romanisation bouk
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓouk/

Etymology 1

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From Old Khmer បូក (pūka, hump; mound; to heap up; to accumulate; to total). Cognate with Thai บวก (bùuak), Lao ບວກ (būak).

Noun

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បូក (bouk)

  1. hump

Verb

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បូក (bouk) (abstract noun ការបូក)

  1. (arithmetic) to add, to make an addition
  2. to mix together

Adjective

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បូក (bouk) (abstract noun ភាពបូក)

  1. (mathematics) to be positive (greater than zero)

Affixed forms

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Etymology 2

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Compare Middle Chinese (MC mat, “to smear”). Cognate with Thai โบก (bòok), Lao ໂບກ (bōk).

Verb

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បូក (bouk) (abstract noun ការបូក)

  1. to smear; to plaster.