ក្រ

See also: កូរ, ក្រៃ, ការ, កូរ៉េ, and ក្រែ

Khmer

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ក្រ k̥r WT romanisation krɑɑ (standard) IPA(key) /krɑː/

Verb

ក្រ • (krɑɑ) (abstract noun ការក្រ)

1. to be poor, destitute
2. to be rare, seldom encountered
3. to be hard to get
4. to be scarce
5. to be difficult, arduous
6. seldom (+ verb), take a long time to (+ verb), be slow to (+ verb), does not [verb] often/easily

Derived terms

• ភាពក្រ (pʰiep krɑɑ, “poverty”)

Noun

ក្រ • (krɑɑ)

1. starfish