កូនចៅ

Khmer

Etymology

កូន (koun, “child”) +‎ ចៅ (caw, “grandchild”). Compare Mon ကောန်စဴ (kon cau), Vietnamese con cháu.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កូនចៅ kūncau WT romanisation kouncaw (standard) IPA(key) /koun.ˈcaw/

Noun

កូនចៅ • (kouncaw)

1. children, descendants
2. followers
3. employees
4. subjects (citizens in a monarchy or empire)
5. subordinates
6. henchmen

References

• Robert K. Headley; Rath Chim; Ok Soeum (1997) Cambodian-English Dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.