កង្កែប

Khmer

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កង្កែប
kṅ̥kaep
WT romanisation kɑngkaep
(standard) IPA(key) /kɑŋ.ˈkaep/

Noun

កង្កែប • (kɑngkaep)

  1. frog
  2. (colloquial) Chinese type 72 antipersonnel mine (because of the chirping noise it makes just before it explodes)
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