ជូន

See also: ជន, ជាន់, ជៀន, and ជំនឿ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟun ~ *ɟuun. Cognate with Koho jun (“to bring”) and Ngeq [ɟuːn].

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ជូន jūn WT romanisation cuun (standard) IPA(key) /cuːn/

Preposition

ជូន • (cuun)

1. to, for (formal or polite variant of អោយ (ʼaoy), ឲ្យ (ʼaoy))

Verb

ជូន • (cuun) (abstract noun ការជូន)

1. to give to, present to, offer to
2. to accompany, escort
3. to give someone a lift, ride

See also

• ប្រគល់ (prɑkʊəl)
• លើកឲ្យ (lǝǝ kɑɑ aoy)

Interjection

ជូន • (cuun)

1. command given to an elephant to lift its foot