ក្បួន
Khmer
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Thai ขบวร (kà-buuan) ~ กระบวน (grà-buuan), itself from Angkorian Old Khmer khpvar (“drawing, sketch, plan”), itself an infixed form of Old Khmer gvar (“to draw”). Compare modern Khmer reflexes ក្បូរ (kbou, “decoration”), គូរ (kuu, “to draw”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]ក្បួន • (kbuən)
- theory; doctrine.
- method; procedure.
- principle; model.
- sketch.
- formula.
- textbook; instruction manual.
- line; parade; procession; train.
- trick.
References
[edit]- ^ Uraisi Varasarin, Les elements khmers dans la formation de la langue siamoise, 1984, p. 178.