kăp

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *kap, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kap ~ *kaap (“to bite”); cognate with Koho kap (“to bite”), Halang kăp (“to bite”), Temiar kab (“to bite”), Pacoh cáp (“to bite”), Khasi jkep (“to bite”), jkap (“to snap”) and Vietnamese cạp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kap/

Verb

kăp

1. to bite