គ្របគ្រង

Khmer

Etymology

Alliterative reduplication of គ្រង (krɔɔng, “to govern”).
The identification of the echo syllable with គ្រប (krɔɔp, “to​ cover”) is coincidental, and no meaning is carried over from it.

Compare Thai ครอบครอง (krɔ̂ɔp-krɔɔng).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គ្របគ្រង g̥rpg̥rṅ WT romanisation krɔɔp krɔɔng (standard) IPA(key) /krɔːp ˈkrɔːŋ/

Verb

គ្របគ្រង • (krɔɔp krɔɔng) (abstract noun ការគ្របគ្រង)

1. to govern, administer, manage, rule, regulate, take care of

Related terms

• គ្រប់គ្រង (krup krɔɔng)