កើត

See also: កាត់

Khmer

Etymology

Compare Temne ked (“pregnant; to cause, to bring about”), Khmu [kəːt], Halang kòt (“be born, be pregnant”).

The sense "east" was probably originally "the place where the sun rises" or "where the sun was born"; compare Thai ตะวันออก (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk, “east”), Temne kedʔis (“east, "birth of the day"”), Khasi mih'ngi (“east, [where] the sun rises”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កើត koet WT romanisation kaət (standard) IPA(key) /kaət/

Verb

កើត • (kaət) (abstract noun ការកើត)

1. to be born, be created
2. to be, become
3. to come into existence, arise, appear
4. to rise (said of the sun)
5. to happen, occur
6. to give birth to
7. to have, suffer from (a disease), contract (an illness)
8. to be affected (by an emotion)
9. (coverb) to succeed, be possible, be able

Noun

កើត • (kaət)

1. east
2. period of the waxing moon (the days in the 15-day period between the new moon and the full moon)

Affixed forms

• កំណើត (kɑmnaət)

Derived terms

• ទិសខាងកើត (tɨh khaang kaət)

Adjective

កើត • (kaət) (abstract noun ភាពកើត)

1. eastern