ឯក

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic ឯក ek Phonemic អែក ʼaek WT romanisation ʼaek (standard) IPA(key) /ʔaek/

Etymology 1

From Pali eka (“one”) or Sanskrit एक (eka, “one”).

Noun

ឯក • (ʼaek)

1. one; one person

Adjective

ឯក • (ʼaek) (abstract noun ភាពឯក)

1. first
2. one, single, sole
3. chief, prime, main, principal,
4. leading, great, excellent, outstanding, important
5. sharp (of a musical note)

Proper noun

ឯក • (ʼaek)

1. Ek, a surname

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaik (“bow”). Cognate with Kuy ʔɛːk (“sound-producing bow attached to kite”), Bulo Stieng aːk (“cotton-beating bow”), Shwe Palaung aʔ (“bow”).

Alternative forms

• អែក (ʼaek)

Noun

ឯក • (ʼaek)

1. kind of stringed noisemaker attached to kites, producing humming sounds as the wind blows through the strings

Derived terms

• ឯកខ្លែង (ʼékâkhlêng)
• ឯកង៉ាវ (ʼaek ngaaw)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• eka (Latin script)
• 𑀏𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• एक (Devanagari script)
• এক (Bengali script)
• එක (Sinhalese script)
• ဧက or ဨက or ဢေၵ (Burmese script)
• เอก or เอกะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອກ or ເອກະ (Lao script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑄇 (Chakma script)

Numeral

ឯក (eka)

1. Khmer script form of eka (“one”)

Declension

Declension table of "ឯក" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ឯកោ (eko)	ឯកេ (eke)
Accusative (second)	ឯកំ (ekaṃ)	ឯកេ (eke)
Instrumental (third)	ឯកេន (ekena)	ឯកេហិ (ekehi) or ឯកេភិ (ekebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ឯកស្ស (ekassa)	ឯកេសំ (ekesaṃ) or ឯកេសានំ (ekesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ឯកស្មា (ekasmā) or ឯកម្ហា (ekamhā)	ឯកេហិ (ekehi) or ឯកេភិ (ekebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ឯកស្ស (ekassa)	ឯកេសំ (ekesaṃ) or ឯកេសានំ (ekesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ឯកស្មិំ (ekasmiṃ) or ឯកម្ហិ (ekamhi)	ឯកេសុ (ekesu)
Vocative (calling)	ឯក (eka)	ឯកេ (eke)

Declension table of "ឯកា" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ឯកា (ekā)	ឯកាយោ (ekāyo) or ឯកា (ekā)
Accusative (second)	ឯកំ (ekaṃ)	ឯកាយោ (ekāyo) or ឯកា (ekā)
Instrumental (third)	ឯកាយ (ekāya)	ឯកាហិ (ekāhi) or ឯកាភិ (ekābhi)
Dative (fourth)	ឯកិស្សា (ekissā) or ឯកិស្សាយ (ekissāya)	ឯកាសំ (ekāsaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ឯកាយ (ekāya)	ឯកាហិ (ekāhi) or ឯកាភិ (ekābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ឯកិស្សា (ekissā) or ឯកិស្សាយ (ekissāya)	ឯកាសំ (ekāsaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ឯកាយ (ekāya) or ឯកាយំ (ekāyaṃ) or ឯកិស្សំ (ekissaṃ)	ឯកាសុ (ekāsu)
Vocative (calling)	ឯកេ (eke)	ឯកាយោ (ekāyo) or ឯកា (ekā)

Declension table of "ឯក" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ឯកំ (ekaṃ)	ឯកានិ (ekāni)
Accusative (second)	ឯកំ (ekaṃ)	ឯកានិ (ekāni)
Instrumental (third)	ឯកេន (ekena)	ឯកេហិ (ekehi) or ឯកេភិ (ekebhi)
Dative (fourth)	ឯកស្ស (ekassa)	ឯកេសំ (ekesaṃ) or ឯកេសានំ (ekesānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	ឯកស្មា (ekasmā) or ឯកម្ហា (ekamhā)	ឯកេហិ (ekehi) or ឯកេភិ (ekebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	ឯកស្ស (ekassa)	ឯកេសំ (ekesaṃ) or ឯកេសានំ (ekesānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	ឯកស្មិំ (ekasmiṃ) or ឯកម្ហិ (ekamhi)	ឯកេសុ (ekesu)
Vocative (calling)	ឯក (eka)	ឯកានិ (ekāni)