ជិះ
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Khmer[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Wanderwort in the E/SE sprachbund. Compare Chinese 騎/骑, Burmese စီး (ci:), Nuosu ꋩ (zzy, “to ride; to bear (a rider)”), ꊪ (zy, “to cause to ride”), Thai ขี่ (kìi), Lao ຂີ່ (khī), Zhuang gwih, White Hmong caij, Vietnamese cưỡi, Proto-Austronesian *sakay (“catch a ride, join a group, ride on something”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
ជិះ • (cih) (abstract noun ការជិះ)
- to ride (horse, car, boat, plane, train, etc.)
- to ride on, to get in/on (some means of transportation)
- to sit on
- to abuse, bully