គ្រប់គ្រង

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Khmer

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Etymology

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Alliterative reduplication of គ្រង (krɔɔng, to govern).
The identification of the echo syllable with គ្រប់ (krup, every, complete) is coincidental, and no meaning is carried over from it.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic គ្រប់គ្រង
g̥rp´g̥rṅ
WT romanisation krup krɔɔng
(standard) IPA(key) /krup ˈkrɔːŋ/

Verb

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គ្រប់គ្រង (krup krɔɔng) (abstract noun ការគ្រប់គ្រង)

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