Khmer

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Etymology

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From ភ័យ (phɨy, fear) with prefixed bVN- (causative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic បំភ័យ
pṃbʰ˘y
WT romanisation bɑmphɨy
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑm.ˈpʰɨj/

Verb

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បំភ័យ (bɑmphɨy) (abstract noun ការបំភ័យ)

  1. to frighten, scare, threaten, intimidate