Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *haap ~ *hup ~ *huup ~ *ʔuup (to eat). Cognate with Mon ဟာပ် (hap, to eat), Shwe Palaung ဟာပ် (to eat (curry)), Koho hup (to eat), Khasi kahup (to gulp, gobble) and Vietnamese húp (to slurp a watery dish).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ហូប
hūp
WT romanisation houp
(standard) IPA(key) /houp/

Verb edit

ហូប (houp) (abstract noun ការហូប)

  1. to eat

Synonyms edit

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