កុង

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Khmer[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic and Phonemic កុង
kuṅ
WT romanisation kong
(standard) IPA(key) /koŋ/

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ (to bend, to be bent). Cognate with Thai ก่ง (gòng), ก้งโค้ง, โกง (goong), โก่ง (gòong), โก้งโค้ง, โค้ง (kóong). Doublet of កោង (kaong).

Verb[edit]

កុង (kong) (abstract noun ការកុង)

  1. to cheat, swindle

Adjective[edit]

កុង (kong) (abstract noun ភាពកុង)

  1. to be curved, crooked, bent

Noun[edit]

កុង (kong)

  1. a curved object (like a basket handle)

Etymology 2[edit]

From French compte.

Noun[edit]

កុង (kong)

  1. (bank) account

Etymology 3[edit]

From Chinese (gōng).

Noun[edit]

កុង (kong)

  1. grandfather

Etymology 4[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

  1. measure of area equal to about 40 acres
  2. granary, storage building for rice

Derived terms[edit]