សាច

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sac ~ *saac (“to bail out (water)”). Cognate with Mon သှာတ် (“to scoop up, draw, bale (water)”) and Vietnamese tát (“to bail out (water)”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សាច sāc WT romanisation saac (standard) IPA(key) /saːc/

Verb

សាច • (saac) (abstract noun ការសាច)

1. to spray, to throw (water) on
2. to splash, splatter, sprinkle (with something)

Derived terms

• ស្នាច (snaac)
• បាចសាច (baacsaac)
• បាំងសាច (bangsaac)