ល្បះ

See also: លុប and លេប

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ល្បះ l̥pḥ WT romanisation lbah (standard) IPA(key) /lɓah/

Etymology 1

From លះ (lĕəh, “to abandon, to quit”) with infixed -b- (processive).

Noun

ល្បះ • (lbah)

1. act of giving (something) away
2. act of quitting (job or other activity)

Etymology 2

Variant of របះ (rɔbah),​ from រះ (rĕəh, “to write the​period symbol”) with infixed -b-.

Noun

ល្បះ • (lbah)

1. period symbol "។"
2. couplet, stanza

Synonyms

• (period): ខណ្ឌ (khan)