កប្បាស

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Pali kappāsa, from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa).The Sanskrit word itself is from Munda origin, and ultimately from Proto-Austroastatic origin (an interesting case of coming full circle!), which also natively yielded អំបោះ.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic	កប្បាស kp̥pās
WT romanisation	kɑpbaah
(standard) IPA^(key)	/kɑp.ˈɓaːh/

Noun edit

កប្បាស • (kɑpbaah)

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