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)

to engage in hand-to-hand combat
to tussle, wrestle

Noun

ចំបាប់ • (cɑmbap)

wrestling, hand-to-hand combat
scuffling, tussling

Related terms

ប្រចាប់ (prɑcap)