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កាំបិត

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See also: ក្បត់

Khmer

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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កាំបិត (kambət)

  1. knife

Derived terms

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References

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