Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
rocketlexitron
2n.
space vehicle; rocket engine; missilelexitron
3adj.
high and steep; sharply sloping; precipitous(poetic)wiktionary
4n.
rocket; missilewiktionary
5n.
penis(humorous, slang)wiktionary
In the readings
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A bang fai is a rocket that people here build themselves.
Built from
From Old Khmer ច្រូច (crūca, “to eject, to shoot, to splash; pointed, sharp; etc”) or from contraction of Old Khmer កាមច្រូច (kāma crūca, “fireworks; flare; rocket”). Compare Modern Khmer ច្រួច (cruəc), Khmer កញ្ជ្រួច (kɑɑkɑñcruəc), កាំជ្រួច (kamcruəc); Lao ຈະຫຼວດ (cha lūat).