ស្ងាប

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sʔaap (“to yawn”). Cognate with Mon ဒအာပ်, Bahnar kơ'ngap, Pacoh ng-ap, Vietnamese ngáp, Central Nicobarese hing-âp.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ស្ងាប s̥ṅāp WT romanisation sngaap (standard) IPA(key) /sŋaːp/

Verb

ស្ងាប • (sngaap) (abstract noun ការស្ងាប)

1. to yawn

Affixed forms

• សំងាប (sɑmngiəp)