គប់

Khmer

Etymology

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”).

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

Verb

គប់ • (kup) (abstract noun ការគប់)

  1. to associate with
  2. to befriend

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