ចំបាប់

See also: ច្បាប់

Khmer

Etymology

From ចាប់ (cap, “to seize”) with infixed -b- and infixed -VN-. The intermediary infixed form ច្បាប់ (cbap, “law”) doesn't relate to this meaning.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ចំបាប់ cṃpāp´ WT romanisation cɑmbap (standard) IPA(key) /cɑm.ˈɓap/

Verb

ចំបាប់ • (cɑmbap) (abstract noun ការចំបាប់)

1. to engage in hand-to-hand combat
2. to tussle, wrestle

Noun

ចំបាប់ • (cɑmbap)

1. wrestling, hand-to-hand combat
2. scuffling, tussling

Related terms

• ប្រចាប់ (prɑcap)