Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Pali seva or Sanskrit सेवा (sevā).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic សេព
seb
Phonemic សែព
saeb
WT romanisation saep
(standard) IPA(key) /saep/

Verb edit

សេព (saep) (abstract noun ការសេព)

  1. to maintain relations, to carry on a friendship, to associate
  2. to have sexual relations
  3. to consume, eat, drink; to partake of, indulge in, give oneself over to
  4. to frequent (a place), stay, live
  5. to use, to resort to, have recourse to
  6. to carry out, to operate, to cultivate, to practice