រណប

Khmer

Etymology

From អប (ʼɑɑp, “to support”) with infixed -rVn- (instrumental) and drop of the initial glottal stop.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រណប rṇp WT romanisation rɔnɑɑp (standard) IPA(key) /rɔ.ˈnɑːp/

Noun

រណប • (rɔnɑɑp)

1. supporting beam, brace, support
2. puppet, stooge, satellite

Adjective

រណប • (rɔnɑɑp) (abstract noun ភាពរណប)

1. to be dependent on, to be a satellite

Derived terms

• តារារណប (taaraa rɔnɑɑp)