កូន

See also: កុន and កាន់

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuun ~ *kuən (“child”). Cognate with Muong còn, Thavung กอน, Mon ကောန် (kon), Vietnamese con, Bahnar kon, Khasi khun, Central Nicobarese kōan, outside Mon-Khmer: Thai โกน (goon), กูน (guun).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កូន kūn WT romanisation koun (standard) IPA(key) /koun/

Noun

កូន • (koun)

1. child
2. offspring, progeny
3. person under the control of someone else
4. young or baby animal
5. small member of a class or set, small member of a combination
6. (card games) player (as opposed to the dealer)

Pronoun

កូន • (koun)

1. I, me (1st-person pronoun when speaking to one's parents)
2. you, your (parents speaking to a child)

Classifier

កូន • (koun)

1. classifier for pieces of chalk, (flashlight) batteries

Derived terms

• កូនចៅ (kouncaw, “children, descendants”)
• កូនក្រមុំ (koun krɑmum, “bride”)
• កូនសិស្ស (koun səh, “student”)
• កូនសោ (koun sao, “key”)

See also

• ក្មេង (kmeeng)
• ក្មេងម្នាក់ (kmeengmnĕək)