Where does “បោកចំបាប់” come from?

បោកចំបាប់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer បោក — to beat, to smash, to throw violently.

បោកចំបាប់ (Khmer): to wrestle (Khmer traditional wrestling, a folk wrestling style of Cambodia)

Definitions

  1. to wrestle (Khmer traditional wrestling, a folk wrestling style of Cambodia)

Ancestry of “បោកចំបាប់”, step by step

បោកចំបាប់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer បោក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបោកto beat, to smash, to throw violently

via Khmer ចំបាប់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerចំបាប់to engage in hand-to-hand combat
Every word from Khmer បោក