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”); 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

Etymology 2

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)