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Khmer
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kʔik ~ *kʔiək ~ *kʔaik (“armpit”); cognate with Proto-Khmuic *klʔɛk, Western Lawa kliək and Vietnamese nách (through a nasal infixed form).
Pronunciation
Noun
ក្លៀក • (kliək)
- armpit, underarm
Verb
ក្លៀក • (kliək) (abstract noun ការក្លៀក)
- to scrub the back (of an elephant)