Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From បះ (bah, to rebel, rise up) with prefixed bVN- (causative).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic បំបះ
pṃpḥ
WT romanisation bɑmbah
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑm.ˈɓah/

Verb edit

បំបះ (bɑmbah) (abstract noun ការបំបះ)

  1. to cause to revolt against; to rebel; to incite unrest.
  2. to cause to stand up; to cause the end of something such as a log to rise by resting it on a fulcrum and applying pressure to the other end.