គឺ

See also: គ, គូ, គេ, គោ, គ៖, and គាំ

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer គិ (gi, “it; this, that; he, she”) from Proto-Austroasiatic *giːʔ. Compare Lao ຄື (khư̄) and Thai คือ (kʉʉ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គឺ gȳ WT romanisation kɨɨ (standard) IPA(key) /kɨː/

Verb

គឺ • (kɨɨ) (abstract noun ការគឺ)

1. to be

   មិនគឺទេ  ―  mɨn kɨɨ tei  ―  not to be, isn’t, aren’t

Adverb

គឺ • (kɨɨ)

1. that is, that is to say, as follows

Synonyms

• ជា (ciə)

Derived terms

• គឺជា (kɨɨ ciə)
• គឺថា (kɨɨthaa)
• ចំណុចទីមួយគឺ (cɑmnoctiimuəykɨɨ)
• ពោលគឺថា (poolkɨɨthaa)

Further reading

• “គឺ” in Cambodian-English Dictionary (Aggregated) (Catholic University Press 1977, Dunwoody Press 1997) (plus additional data from the Chuon Nath Khmer Dictionary (Buddhist Institute, Phnom Penh, 1966)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.