Khmer Dictionary: រកា

1. ពង្ស ( n ) [pʊəŋ, pʊəŋsaʔ]   - detail »
   a group of four years within the 12 year cycle (the cycle is divided into three groupings of four years each: ពង្សទេព្តា which includes the years of the rat ជូត​​, dragon រោង​, horse មមី, and goat មមែ់; ពង្សមនុស្ស which includes the years of the ox ឆ្លូវ, rabbit ថោះ, snake ម្សាញ់, and pig កុរ​; and ពង្សយក្ស which includes the years of the tiger ខាល​, monkey វក​, chicken រកា​, and dog ច​ )
   
2. រកា ( n ) [rɔkaa]   - detail »
   cock (name of the 10th year of the 12-year cycle)
   
3. រកា ( n ) [rɔkaa]   - detail »
   wild kapok tree (Bombax Ceiba; the trunk is covered with short thorns; the wood is used in construction and the roots are used in the preparation of medications to treat diseases of the ovaries)
   
4. អង្សា [ʔɑŋsaa]   - detail »
   or អង្សាកំណើត n the weekday which corresponds to the year of the 12 year cycle in which a person was born, e.g. ឆ្នាំជូត, ឆ្នាំមមែ ​;​ ឆ្នាំឆ្លូវ, វក ​; ឆ្នាំ​ខាល​, រកា​ អង្សាអង្គារ​; ឆ្នាំថោះ, ច អង្សាពុធ ; ឆ្នាំរោង, កុរ​ អង្សាព្រហស្បតិ៍​; ឆ្នាំម្សាញ់ អង្សាសុក្រ​ ; ឆ្នាំមមី អង្សាសៅរ៍ (The col. var. is អន្សា )
   See:អង្សាចន្ទ្រ
   Reference: អង្សា

1. រកាដែក [rɔkaa daek]
   Iron Kapok Tree (legendary tree with iron thorns that grows in hell used to punish adulterers)