ចំបាប់

See also: ច្បាប់

Khmer

Etymology

From ចាប់ (cap, “to seize”) with infixed -b- and infixed -VN-. The intermediary infixed form ច្បាប់ (cbap, “law”) doesn't relate to this meaning.

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ចំបាប់
cṃpāp´
WT romanisation cɑmbap
(standard) IPA(key) /cɑm.ˈɓap/

Verb

ចំបាប់ • (cɑmbap) (abstract noun ការចំបាប់)

  1. to engage in hand-to-hand combat
  2. to tussle, wrestle

Noun

ចំបាប់ • (cɑmbap)

  1. wrestling, hand-to-hand combat
  2. scuffling, tussling
  • ប្រចាប់ (prɑcap)
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