បោះ

See also: បើ, ប, ប៉ះ, បៀ, and បី

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បោះ poḥ WT romanisation bɑh (standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑh/

Etymology 1

Verb

បោះ • (bɑh) (abstract noun ការបោះ)

1. to throw; to cast; to fling; to scatter; to sow.
2. to thrust (down); to fasten (down); to fix (in the ground).
3. to crush; to grind; to gin (cotton).
4. to imprint; to impress; to seal; to stamp.
5. to wholesale; to sell in large quantities with limited profit.
6. to take a step.

Derived terms

• បោះចោល (bɑhcaol)
• បោះឆ្នោត (bɑh chnaot)
• បោះបង់ចោល (baŏhbângchaôl)
• បោះមេ (bɑh mei)

Etymology 2

Possibly semantic loan from Thai เบาะแส (bɔ̀-sɛ̌ɛ).

Noun

បោះ • (bɑh)

1. clue; hint; trace.