Khmer

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Etymology

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បែរ (bae) +‎ ជា (ciə)

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic បែរជា
paerjā
WT romanisation bae ciə
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓae ˈciə/

Verb

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បែរជា (bae ciə) (abstract noun ការបែរជា)

  1. to turn out to be, to end up being (+noun, adjective)
  2. to (do something) instead, to end up (doing something else)