Khmer

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Etymology

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From ស្រុត (srot, to sink, to cave in) with infixed -VN- (causative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic សំរុត
sṃrut
Phonemic សំ-រ៉ុត
sṃ-r″ut
WT romanisation sɑmrot
(standard) IPA(key) /sɑm.ˈrot/

Verb

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សំរុត (sɑmrot) (abstract noun ការសំរុត)

  1. to lower (a seat), to press down, to cause to sink, to drive downward