ហូប

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *haap ~ *hup ~ *huup ~ *ʔuup (“to eat”). Cognate with Mon ဟာပ် (hap, “to eat”), Shwe Palaung ဟာပ် (“to eat (curry)”), Koho hup (“to eat”), Khasi kahup (“to gulp, gobble”) and Vietnamese húp (“to slurp a watery dish”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ហូប hūp WT romanisation houp (standard) IPA(key) /houp/

Verb

ហូប • (houp) (abstract noun ការហូប)

1. to eat

Synonyms

• ស៊ី (sii)
• ញ៉ាំ (ñam)

Affixed forms

• ម្ហូប (mhoup)