Khmer

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Etymology

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From ពុក (puk, rotten) with prefixed kVN- (specializing).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic កំពុក
kṃbuk
WT romanisation kɑmpuk
(standard) IPA(key) /kɑm.ˈpuk/

Adjective

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កំពុក (kɑmpuk) (abstract noun ភាពកំពុក)

  1. to be rotten