បញ្ឈប់

Khmer

Etymology

From ឈប់ (chup, “to stop (intr.)”) with prefixed bVN- (causative).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បញ្ឈប់ pñ̥jʰp´ WT romanisation bɑñchup (standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑɲ.ˈcʰup/

Verb

បញ្ឈប់ • (bɑñchup) (abstract noun ការបញ្ឈប់)

1. to halt (something), to stop by force
2. to discontinue, terminate to turn off (a machine)
3. to fire, suspend, lay off (an employee); to station, deploy (troops)
4. to arrest