កុញ្ចែ

Khmer

Etymology

From Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā) or Pali kuñcikā. Cognate with Thai กุญแจ (gun-jɛɛ), Lao ກະແຈ (ka chǣ), Malay kunci.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កុញ្ចែ kuñ̥cae WT romanisation koñcae (standard) IPA(key) /koɲ.ˈcae/

Noun

កុញ្ចែ • (koñcae)

1. (archaic) key (device designed to open and close a lock)

Synonyms

• កូនសោ (koun sao)