គួរ

គួរ

Khmer

Etymology

Cognates with Thai ควร (kuuan) and Lao Lao ຄວນ (khūan)

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គួរ guar WT romanisation kuə (standard) IPA(key) /kuə/

Adjective

គួរ • (kuə) (abstract noun ភាពគួរ)

1. to be acceptable, suitable, correct, proper
2. to be worthy of, to deserve

   អង្គរវត្តជាប្រាសាទល្អគួរឲ្យចង់មើល.

   ʼɑngkɔɔ vŏət ciə praasaat lʼɑɑ kuə ʼaoy cɑng məəl

   Angkor Wat is a beautiful temple which deserves to be viewed.

3. creates phrases equivalent to English adjectives in -able/-ible

   គួរដល់កិត្តិភាព  ―  kuə dɑl kəttephiəp  ―  honorable

Verb

គួរ • (kuə) (abstract noun ការគួរ)

1. should, ought to

   យើងគួរខ្លាចអំពើអាក្រក់.

   yəəng kuə khlaac ʼɑmpəə ʼaakrɑk

   We should be afraid of evil.

Affixed forms

• គំនួរ (kumnuə)
• បង្គួរ (bɑngkuə)