បង្អាប់

Khmer

Etymology

From អាប់ (ʼap, “lowly; cheap”) with prefixed bVN- (causative).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បង្អាប់ pṅ̥ʼāp´ WT romanisation bɑngʼap (standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑŋ.ˈʔap/

Verb

បង្អាប់ • (bɑngʼap) (abstract noun ការបង្អាប់)

1. to make less, depreciate; to underrate
2. to degrade, humiliate; to tease
3. to darken
4. to slander