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 (naa), ហ្ន៎ (nɑɑ), នែ៎ (nɛɛ), and the feminine response ចាស៎ (caah).