រឺត

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rit ~ *riit (“to tighten, to constrict”). Doublet of រឹត (rɨt, “to squeeze, to tighten, to fasten”), រីត (riit, “to flatten, to straighten”). Compare Thai รีด (rîit, “to squeeze, to milk; to press, to iron”).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic រឺត
rȳt
WT romanisation rɨɨt
(standard) IPA(key) /rɨːt/

Verb

រឺត • (rɨɨt) (abstract noun ការរឺត)

  1. to squeeze (in order to extract liquid), to milk (a cow), to massage
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