ពុះ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ពុះ
buḥ
WT romanisation puh
(standard) IPA(key) /puh/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɓuːh (to bubble, to boil). Cognate with Vietnamese mủ (pus).

Verb

ពុះ • (puh) (abstract noun ការពុះ)

  1. to bubble, boil, foam
    ទឹកពុះ  ―  tɨk puh  ―  boiling water

Affixed forms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer *buuh (to split). Cognate with Vietnamese bổ (to split (wood)).

Verb

ពុះ • (puh) (abstract noun ការពុះ)

  1. to split (wood)