ចាប់

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See also: ចាប and ចប់

Khmer

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ចាប់
cāp´
WT romanisation cap
(standard) IPA(key) /cap/

Verb

ចាប់ • (cap) (abstract noun ការចាប់)

  1. to grasp, to get, to hold tight
  2. to seize, to arrest, to catch, to capture
    រាហ៊ូចាប់ច័ន្ទ  ―  riəhuu cap can  ―  Rahu catches the moon (a Cambodian legend explaining eclipses)
  3. to begin, to start, to undertake
  4. to receive (such as a radio or television broadcast)
  5. to select

Derived terms

Adjective

ចាប់ • (cap) (abstract noun ភាពចាប់)

  1. to be painful
  2. to be general, miscellaneous
    ផ្ទះចាប់ហួយ  ―  phtĕəh cap-huəy  ―  general store, convenience store

Noun

ចាប់ • (cap)

  1. handful

Classifier

ចាប់ • (cap)

  1. classifier for handfuls

Affixed forms

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