Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rum ~ *ruum ~ *ruəm ~ *ruəp (to assemble). Doublet of រោម (room) and រួប (ruəp). Compare Thai รวม (ruuam), ร่วม (rûuam).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic រួម
ruam
WT romanisation ruəm
(standard) IPA(key) /ruəm/

Verb edit

រួម (ruəm) (abstract noun ការរួម)

  1. to put together, unite, join
    រាជាណាចក្ររួម  ―  riəciənaacak ruəm  ―  United Kingdom (UK)

Affixed forms edit