កូន

See also: កុន and កាន់

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuun ~ *kuən (“child”). Cognate with Muong còn, Thavung กอน, Mon ကွေန် (kon), Vietnamese con, Bahnar kon, Khasi khun, Central Nicobarese kōan.

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

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

See also

• ក្មេង (kmeeng)
• ក្មេងម្នាក់ (kmeengmnĕək)