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)

to associate with
to befriend

References

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

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