ពួក

See also: ពុក and ពេក

Khmer

Etymology 1

From Angkorian Old Khmer vvak, vvāk, vok, bok (“to come together, to assemble; group, gathering”), from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vok. Cognate with Thai พวก (pûuak), Lao ພວກ (phūak), Malay puak.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពួក buak WT romanisation puək (standard) IPA(key) /puəʔ/

Noun

ពួក • (puək)

1. group (especially an informal ad hoc group), grouping, society, association, detachment, herd, gathering, squad (of 3 to 5 men) (often merely conveys the meaning of plurality)
2. (with place name) native of, resident of
3. (taxonomy) genus

Derived terms

• ពួកគេ (puək kei)
• ពួកជំនុំ (puəkcumnum)

Related terms

• taxonomic ranksedit

  • វិស័យ (visay)
  • រជ្ជៈ (raccĕəʼ)
  • សាខា (saakhaa)
  • ថ្នាក់ (thnak)
  • លំដាប់ (lumdap)
  • អំបូរ (ʼɑmbou)
  • ពួក (puək)
  • ប្រភេទ (prɑpheit)

Affixed forms

• ចំពួក (cɑmpuək)
• ពពួក (pɔpuək)

Etymology 2

Verb

ពួក • (puək) (abstract noun ការពួក)

1. (obsolete) to gild, cover with gold or silver leaf