Khmer

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic ស្រូប
s̥rūp
WT romanisation sroup
(standard) IPA(key) /sroup/

Verb

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ស្រូប (sroup) (abstract noun ការស្រូប)

  1. to suck, draw in, sip
  2. to absorb, soak up, to be absorbent
  3. to lure, attract
  4. to record (of sounds)
  5. to fill with
  6. to gulp, wolf down (of food)
  7. (slang) to spend a lot of money on some endeavor
    ស្រូបប្រាក់ច្រើនទៅលើជំនួញស្រូវ
    sroup prak craən tɨw ləə cumnuəñ srəw
    to spend a great amount of money in the rice business