គ្រប់គ្រង

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

Alliterative reduplication of គ្រង (krɔɔng, to govern).
The identification of the echo syllable with គ្រប់ (krup, every, complete) is coincidental, and no meaning is carried over from it.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic គ្រប់គ្រង
g̥rp´g̥rṅ
WT romanisation krup krɔɔng
(standard) IPA(key) /krup ˈkrɔːŋ/

Verb edit

គ្រប់គ្រង (krup krɔɔng) (abstract noun ការគ្រប់គ្រង)

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

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