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เลิก

lə̂əkverbtonefalling tonefalling
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1v.

stoplexitron

2v.

cease; abolish; cancel; upend; give up; abrogate; quitlexitron

3v.

to lift up; to raise(often, transitive)wiktionary

4v.

to extol; to honour(archaic, transitive)wiktionary

5v.

to discontinue(intransitive, transitive)wiktionary

6v.

to break up: to end a romantic relationship(intransitive)wiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

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It's been eight months since we broke up.

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Built from

Borrowed from Middle Khmer លើក (lœka, “to lift; to raise; to elevate”). Cognate with Modern Khmer លើក (ləək), Lao ເລີກ (lœ̄k), Northern Thai ᩃᩮᩥ᩠ᨠ. TDP separates the "discontinue" and "raise" senses, though they are probably etymologically connected.