ជាប់

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bcap (“to adjoin”), cognate with Vietnamese chắp.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ជាប់ jāp´ WT romanisation cŏəp (standard) IPA(key) /cŏəp/

Verb

ជាប់ • (cŏəp) (abstract noun ការជាប់)

1. to link together, to join, to connect
2. to stick, to adhere to

Adjective

ជាប់ • (cŏəp) (abstract noun ភាពជាប់)

1. to be fastened, joined, connected, associated with
2. to be adjacent
3. to be busy, involved in
4. to be addicted, to be a heavy (drinker, smoker)
5. to be firm, resistant, durable, lasting, solid

Adverb

ជាប់ • (cŏəp)

1. adjacent to
2. incessantly, constantly
3. tenaciously

Derived terms

• ជាប់យូរ (cŏəp yuu)
• ជាប់អណ្ដាត (cŏəp ʼɑndaat)

Affixed forms

• កំជាប់ (kɑmcŏəp)
• កញ្ជាប់ (kɑñcŏəp)
• ខ្ជាប់ (khcŏəp)
• ឈ្នាប់ (chnŏəp)
• ភ្ជាប់ (phcŏəp)
• បញ្ជាប់ (bɑñcŏəp)​
• ប្រជាប់ (prɑcŏəp)​