កុង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កុង kuṅ WT romanisation kong (standard) IPA(key) /koŋ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ (“to bend, to be bent”). Cognate with Thai ก่ง (gòng), ก้งโค้ง, โกง (goong), โก่ง (gòong), โก้งโค้ง, โค้ง (kóong). Doublet of កោង (kaong).

Verb

កុង • (kong) (abstract noun ការកុង)

1. to cheat, swindle

Adjective

កុង • (kong) (abstract noun ភាពកុង)

1. to be curved, crooked, bent

Noun

កុង • (kong)

1. a curved object (like a basket handle)

Etymology 2

From French compte.

Noun

កុង • (kong)

1. (bank) account

Etymology 3

From Teochew 公 (gong¹) as in 阿公 (a¹ gong¹) and 外公 (ghua⁷ gong¹).

Noun

កុង • (kong)

1. grandfather

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

កុង • (kong)

1. measure of area equal to about 40 acres
2. granary, storage building for rice

Derived terms

• កុងស្រូវ (kongsrəw)​