កុង

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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

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

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