គប់

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic គប់
gp´
WT romanisation kup
(standard) IPA(key) /kup/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *gəp ~ *gap (“friend; to associate”);[1] cognates include Muong cặp (“to meet”), Vietnamese gặp (“to meet”), Khasi kap (“to meet friends”).

Verb

គប់ • (kup) (abstract noun ការគប់)

  1. to associate with, to befriend

Verb

គប់ • (kup) (abstract noun ការគប់)

  1. to throw, to cast
  2. to strike with a wooden mallet

Noun

គប់ • (kup)

  1. wooden mallet
  2. faggot, bundle of sticks or straw used as a torch
  3. trophy, award

Affixed forms
  • គំនប់ (kumnôb)

References
  1. Shorto, H. A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Ed. Paul Sidwell, 2006. #1241, p. 341
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