សំណាក់

Khmer

Etymology

From ស្នាក់ (snak, “to stop over”) with infixed -VN-.. Compare Thai สำนัก (sǎm-nák), borrowed from Old Khmer.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សំណាក់ sṃṇāk´ WT romanisation sɑmnak (standard) IPA(key) /sɑm.ˈnaʔ/

Verb

សំណាក់ • (sɑmnak) (abstract noun ការសំណាក់)

1. to stay somewhere temporarily, to halt for the night, to sojourn

Noun

សំណាក់ • (sɑmnak)

1. temporary residence, overnight shelter, place of sojourn