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Khmer
Etymology
From an uncertain prefix កាំ (kam) + បិត (bət, “to sharpen”).
This prefix could be a dialectal variant of the instrumental prefix kVN- (like in កន្ត្រង), or could relate to កាំ (kam), a silex object that is sharp and capable of producing fire. [1]
Pronunciation
Noun
កាំបិត • (kambət)
- knife
Derived terms
References
- ^ Khin Sok, "Grammaire du khmer moderne", 1990