គ្របគ្រង

Khmer

Etymology

Alliterative reduplication of គ្រង (krɔɔng, “to govern”).
The identification of the echo syllable with គ្រប (krɔɔp, “to cover”) is coincidental, and no meaning is carried over from it.

Compare Thai ครอบครอง (krɔ̂ɔp-krɔɔng).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	គ្របគ្រង g̥rpg̥rṅ
WT romanisation	krɔɔp krɔɔng
(standard) IPA^(key)	/krɔːp ˈkrɔːŋ/

Verb

គ្របគ្រង • (krɔɔp krɔɔng) (abstract noun ការគ្របគ្រង)

to govern, administer, manage, rule, regulate, take care of

Related terms

គ្រប់គ្រង (krup krɔɔng)