កាំបិត

See also: ក្បត់

Khmer

Etymology

From an uncertain prefix កាំ (kam) + បិត (bət, “to sharpen”).

This prefix could be a dialectal variant of the instrumental prefix kVN- (like in កន្ត្រង), or could relate to កាំ (kam), a silex object that is sharp and capable of producing fire. [1]

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic កាំបិត
kāṃpit
WT romanisation kambət
(standard) IPA(key) /kam.ˈɓət/

Noun

កាំបិត • (kambət)

  1. knife

Derived terms

References
  1. Khin Sok, "Grammaire du khmer moderne", 1990
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