បង្ហើប

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Khmer

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Etymology

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From ហើប (haəp, to be ajar, slightly open) with prefixed bVN- (causative).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic បង្ហើប
pṅ̥hoep
WT romanisation bɑnghaəp
(standard) IPA(key) /ɓɑŋ.ˈhaəp/

Verb

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បង្ហើប (bɑnghaəp) (abstract noun ការបង្ហើប)

  1. to open a little (a door), to raise / lift slightly (a lid)
  2. (figuratively) to give a hint, to leak a secret