សង្កិន

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Khmer[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

See also[edit]