កាំបិត

See also: ក្បត់

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Orthographic and Phonemic កាំបិត
kāṃpit
WT romanisation kambət
(standard) IPA(key) /kam.ˈɓət/

Noun edit

កាំបិត (kambət)

  1. knife

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Khin Sok, "Grammaire du khmer moderne", 1990