Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic កាយ
kāy
WT romanisation kaay
(standard) IPA(key) /kaːj/

Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit काय (kāya) or Pali kāya (body).

Noun

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កាយ (kaay)

  1. human body
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kaay (to scratch).

Verb

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កាយ (kaay) (abstract noun ការកាយ)

  1. to scratch, to scrape

Affixed forms

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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កាយ m

  1. Khmer script form of kāya (body)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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កាយ

  1. Khmer script form of kāya, which is instrumental/dative/ablative/genitive/locative singular of កា (, who (f.))