កូន

កូន

See also: កុន and កាន់

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuun ~ *kuən (“child”). Compare Vietnamese con.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កូន kūn WT romanisation koun (standard) IPA(key) /koun/

Noun

កូន • (koun)

1. child
2. offspring, progeny
3. person under the control of someone else
4. young or baby animal
5. small member of a class or set, small member of a combination
6. (card games) player (as opposed to the dealer)

Pronoun

កូន • (koun)

1. I, me (1st-person pronoun when speaking to one's parents)
2. you, your (parents speaking to a child)

Classifier

កូន • (koun)

1. classifier for pieces of chalk, (flashlight) batteries

Derived terms

• កូនក្រមុំ (koon krɑmum, “bride”)
• កូនសិស្ស (koon səh, “student”)
• កូនសោ (koon sao, “key”)

See also

• ក្មេង (kmeɛŋ)
• ក្មេងម្នាក់ (kmeengmnĕək)