Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From ខំ (khɑm, to try hard) with prefixed bVN- (causative).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic បង្ខំ
pṅ̥kʰṃ
WT romanisation bɑngkhɑm
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑŋ.ˈkʰɑm/

Verb edit

បង្ខំ (bɑngkhɑm) (abstract noun ការបង្ខំ)

  1. to force, to compel, to insist, to urge