កាកបាទ

Khmer

Etymology

កាក (kaak) +‎ បាទ (baat)

Pronunciation

Orthographic កាកបាទ
kākpād
Phonemic កាក់-ក៏-បាទ
kāk´-kʿ-pād
WT romanisation kakkɑbaat
(standard) IPA(key) /kaʔ.kɑ.ɓaːt/

Noun

កាកបាទ • (kakkɑbaat)

  1. crow's foot or kakabat, a diacritic () used in writing to indicate the rising intonation of an exclamation or interjection; often placed on particles such as ណា៎ (៎na), ហ្ន៎ (ហ្ន៎), នែ៎ (៎nê), and the feminine response ចាស៎ (ចាស៎).