La’eark
What the hell does it mean?
[hint 1] it’s a verb used to tell things in a way we do not like
Whenever I speak this word, people think I’m an alien and ask “where are you from?”. Then again, maybe I am indeed an alien. No wait, I’m not exactly an alien. I’m just from Siem Reap.
And you do realize that apart from Angkor Wat and hundreds of other temples, there is one more thing that differentiate Siem Reap from the rest of Cambodia. It’s the way we speak.
You might have heard of it before or you might have never heard of it before. So I thought it might be fun to put this word up for people to guess what does it mean? If you happens to know this word, please be silent for a while. Vireak, alien or not alien. It’s you to decide.
No prize, no free dinner for this though! Unless someone generous to give me a good deal for my fridge. Then I may give you free dinner. But then if guess wrongly….how about a treat?
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29 Wonderful Comments:
April 12th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
???????????????????????????????? ???? ???, ??????????????????????! ?????? ?????, ?????, ??????????, ?????, ?????…
Where the hell u took it from ha?
April 13th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Hmm…can’t read it there… did you try to look in the dictionary…I doubt the word is there…happy finding.
April 15th, 2007 at 1:47 am
Yes, I did try to look in KH dictionary. I really can’t take my mind out from your word, La’ eark.
I used to hear it many times, and not sure or don’t know what it means, and sometimes I laughed to the one (alien) who speak it out.
whatever, This is my last guess, I think it must came from Chinese word, “eak eak..(dirty)” and it’s keep changing from eak..eak..leak…la_eak…and La’ eark…
!!!!!100% sure!!!!!, It must be that!!!
April 16th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
I’ve never heard that word in my entire life. But for some strange reason, I think this word has something to do with being “dirty” or “unhygienic” or sth…
April 16th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Oops… Mr. V already guessed that. Sorry, mate. Didn’t intend to rip off your answer 
April 16th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
No, Problem PANHA, but the problem is where is the question owner? when will he tell us what is the right 1?
April 21st, 2007 at 12:13 am
Haha, for some strange reason i actually checked out the word in the dictionary. there’s really no entry “la’eark”, but there’s an entry for “la’earch”. the dictionary notes that in some regions of cambodia people use this word in the sense of “to disgust” or “to dislike” or “to hate”. is that close?
April 23rd, 2007 at 11:00 am
la’eark , i used to heard some poeple in my home land say that “la’earch” ????? mean kha’perm.
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:35 pm
corrrrrrrrrrrrrrect! it means kha’perm (to disgust). My srok say la’eark not la’earch…. Where are you from NARATHS?
May 15th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
i agree with Viria, in what contex does the word used, otherwise it can mean anithing….
May 18th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
THEA, thanks for your visit. The word can only mean one thing and it’s already explained.
NARATHS: nice to know.
June 4th, 2007 at 8:10 am
yeah! i love your blog, reak! siem reap is cool! i like provincial accents better than phnom penh accent. keep coming with more SIEM REAP accents!
narath, hey my boy! you from serey saophone? yeah! me too! sway sisophon all the way! a shame it’s not part of khet battambang 
because i like listening to “jomba battambang”
June 5th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
ow! sovanna, are you from sereisophon too. nice to meet you here! for me i like “kan lang monkol borei cham pei serei sophon”.
October 26th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
People from Phnom Pemh bilieve that they speak the right Khmer and laugh other people especially from north west (Battambang ,Siem reap , Oudor Mien Chey ) . 1 riel = ma heal , where is the sound R )
fish = trey = ta hey ( Phnom Penh) This is simply the chinese way to speak Khmer !!!!Most chinese can t pronounce the sound R ( except mandarin ) How about our Phmom Penh speaking ???No sound R too !!
Mongkolborey is not so bad , I mean not so Ladeun
April 4th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
you guy are funny dude indeed, I must say I enjoy reading your blog, will come back again;)
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