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Khmer
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Descended from Brahmi script 𑀓. Compare Balinese ᬓ, Bengali ক, Buginese ᨕ, Burmese က, Devanagari क, Gujarati ક, Gurmukhi ਕ, Javanese ꦏ, Kannada ಕ, Lao ກ, Malayalam ക, Odia କ, Sinhala ක, Sundanese ᮊ, Tamil க, Telugu క, Thai ก, Tibetan ཀ.
Letter
ក, ្ក • (kɑɑ)
- first letter of the Cambodian alphabet
Usage notes
Etymology 2
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kɔʔ ~ *kɔ(ɔ)k (“neck”). Cognate with Vietnamese cổ, Bahnar hơko, Mon ကံ.
Noun
ក • (kɑɑ)
- (anatomy) neck
- collar
- connecting link
Derived terms
- កដៃ (kɑɑ day, “wrist”)
- កជើង (kɑɑ cəəng, “ankle”)
Etymology 3
From Old Khmer ក (ka/ko, “to begin to start; etc”).
Verb
ក • (kɑɑ) (abstract noun ការក)
- to base on
- to commence; to start up
- to come into being
Derived terms
Pali
Alternative scripts
- ka (Latin script)
- 𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- क (Devanagari script)
- ক (Bengali script)
- ක (Sinhalese script)
- က or ၵ (Burmese script)
- ก or กะ (Thai script)
- ᨠ (Tai Tham script)
- ກ or ກະ (Lao script)
- 𑄇 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
ក (ka)
- Khmer script form of ka
Declension
Declension table of "ក" (masculine)
Declension table of "កា" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | កា (kā) | កាយោ (kāyo) or កា (kā) |
Accusative (second) | កំ (kaṃ) | កាយោ (kāyo) or កា (kā) |
Instrumental (third) | កាយ (kāya) | កាហិ (kāhi) or កាភិ (kābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | កាយ (kāya) or កស្សា (kassā) | កាសំ (kāsaṃ) or កាសានំ (kāsānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | កាយ (kāya) | កាហិ (kāhi) or កាភិ (kābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | កាយ (kāya) or កស្សា (kassā) | កាសំ (kāsaṃ) or កាសានំ (kāsānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | កាយ (kāya) or កាយំ (kāyaṃ) | កាសុ (kāsu) |
Declension table of "ក" (neuter)