Khmer Dictionary: ល័ក្ត

1. ល័ក្ត ( n ) [leak]
   gum-lac (a thick red secretion from a certain type of scaly insect; it is used as a dye)
   
2. ល័ក្ត ( n ) [leak]
   artificial dye in powder or block form
   
3. ល័ក្ត ( n ) [leak]
   any plant which is red like the dye ល័ក្តស្រម៉
   
1. ចងល័ក្ត [cɑɑŋ leak] : process in which lumps of resin and cotton impregnated with resin and scale insects are placed on certain trees such as the សង្កែ, ត្រាង and ស្នួល to establish ល័ក្ត producing colonies
   See: បន្ទំល័ក្ត
2. ចេកល័ក្ត [ceɛk leak] : red banana tree
   
3. ចេកល័ក្ត [ceɛk leak] : variety of banana with red meat and skin
   
4. ជីរលីងល័ក្ត [cii liiŋ leak] : kind of bush (Ocymum gratissimum or Asarum virginicum which has granular fruits that swell up when placed in water. The water may then be drunk as a beverage)
   
5. បន្ទំល័ក្ត [bɑntum leak] See: ចងល័ក្ត
6. បុកល័ក្ត [bok leak] : to apply black lacquer to the teeth (this refers to the ritual application of lacquer to draw the poison from the teeth; for a woman it occurs as part of the coming of age ceremony or during the wedding; for a man it occurs prior to his ordination as a monk)
   
7. បុកល័ក្ត [bok leak] : name of an ancient Cambodian piece of music which is played during the ritual application of lacquer to the teeth
   
8. ប្រទាលល័ក្ត [prɑtiel leak] : kind of medicinal herb (Rhoeo spathacea)
   
9. ពិធីមង្គលធ្វើធ្មេញលេញល័ក្ត [piʔtʰii meaŋkʊəl~mʊəŋkʊəl tvəə tmɨɲ lǝɲ leak] See: ពិធីបុកល័ក្ត
10. លាយល័ក្ត [liey leak] : kind of large tree
    
11. ល័ក្តខ្មែរ [leak kmae] : kind of gum-lac (sometimes used in the wedding ceremony to blacken the teeth)
    
12. ល័ក្តជុំកន្លង់ [leak cum kɑnlɑŋ] : branch of a tree completely encrusted with gum-lac (it is used in certain rites)
    
13. ល័ក្តស្រម៉ [leak srɑmɑɑ] : red dye from gum-lac
    
14. ស្រម៉ល័ក្ត [srɑmɑɑ leak] : small bead of lacquer
    
15. អាចម៍ល័ក្ត [ʔac leak] : residue of gum-lac used as a glue; (imprint of an official) seal
    See: កាកល័ក្ត