សង្កិន

Khmer

Etymology

From កិន (kən, “to​ grind”) with prefixed sVN-.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សង្កិន sṅ̥kin WT romanisation sɑngkən (standard) IPA(key) /sɑŋ.ˈkən/

Verb

សង្កិន • (sɑngkən) (abstract noun ការសង្កិន)

1. to grind (over and over), thresh (grain)
2. to flatten, run over
3. (figurative) to crush, suppress
4. to study and seek the truth, to make a careful investigation, to question (someone), to interrogate, to pump (someone) for information

See also

• បុក (bok)
• រូស (ruuh)