Khmer

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Etymology

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From Pali seva or Sanskrit सेवा (sevā).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic សេព
seb
Phonemic សែព
saeb
WT romanisation saep
(standard) IPA(key) /saep/

Verb

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សេព (saep) (abstract noun ការសេព)

  1. to maintain relations, to carry on a friendship, to associate
  2. to have sexual relations
  3. to consume, eat, drink; to partake of, indulge in, give oneself over to
  4. to frequent (a place), stay, live
  5. to use, to resort to, have recourse to
  6. to carry out, to operate, to cultivate, to practice