សង្កិន

Khmer

Etymology

From កិន (kən, “to​ grind”) with prefixed sVN-.

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic សង្កិន
sṅ̥kin
WT romanisation sɑngkən
(standard) IPA(key) /sɑŋ.ˈkən/

Verb

សង្កិន • (sɑngkən) (abstract noun ការសង្កិន)

  1. to grind (over and over), thresh (grain)
  2. to flatten, run over
  3. (figurative) to crush, suppress
  4. to study and seek the truth, to make a careful investigation, to question (someone), to interrogate, to pump (someone) for information

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