លយ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic លយ
ly
WT romanisation lɔɔy
(standard) IPA(key) /lɔːj/

Etymology 1

Doublet of លុយ (luy, “to​ wade”). Compare also Thai ลุย (lui, “to wade”), Thai ลอย (lɔɔi, “to float”).

Verb

លយ • (lɔɔy) (abstract noun ការលយ)

  1. to float, to drift
  2. to set adrift

Etymology 2

From Old Khmer *loy ~ *lay (“to jut, to protrude, to go too far”). Compare Vietnamese lòi, lồi.

Verb

លយ • (lɔɔy) (abstract noun ការលយ)

  1. to bulge, to protrude, to project

Affixed forms

  • ព្រលយ (prôlôy)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

លយ m

  1. Khmer script form of laya (“a brief measure of time”)

Declension

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