យក់

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic យក់ yk´ WT romanisation yŭək (standard) IPA(key) /jŭəʔ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 玉 (MC ngjowk, “jade”). Cognate with Thai หยก (yòk), Lao ຢົກ (yok), Javanese giok, Indonesian giok.

Noun

យក់ • (yŭək)

1. jade.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *juk ~ *jək ~ *jəək (“to lift”). Cognate with Vietnamese nhấc, Muong dắc, Arem jɨ̀k, Mon ယိုက် (yàk), Nyaheun jɨk, Semelai jɔk ("to take, fetch"), Gata' jok-, Western Lawa ยวก.

Verb

យក់ • (yŭək) (abstract noun ការយក់)

1. to lift up.

Interjection

យក់ • (yŭək)

1. command used to make a horse lift its feet.