ประเคน

Etymology
From, ; extended forms of 🇨🇬. Cognate with Modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to give or offer (something to a priest) by or as if by handing, especially as part of a ceremony or rite.
 * 2)  to present; to offer.

Usage notes

 * According to the Thai Buddhist convention, an object is directly handed to a priest if the object can be carried with the hand and the giver is a male, but if the giver is a female, the giver only places the object on a piece of cloth and the priest will take the object from the cloth due to the religious taboo prohibiting a woman from touching a male priest. If the object is too heavy to carry, the object is bound with a sacred thread, called, and the thread is presented to the priest instead. If the object is a food and it is touched by a layperson after it has already been given to a priest, the whole process of giving needs to be renewed.