តៃកុង

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Khmer

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew 舵工 (dai6 gong1) or 舵公 (dai6 gong1). Cognate with Thai ไต้ก๋ง (dtâi-gǒng), Malay tekong.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic តៃកុង
taikuṅ
WT romanisation tay kong
(standard) IPA(key) /taj ˈkoŋ/

Noun

តៃកុង • (tay kong)

  1. driver; chauffeur

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Joanna Rose McFarland (2021) “Chapter 3: Language Contact and Lexical Changes in Khmer and Teochew in Cambodia and Beyond”, in Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors, Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 )‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 104
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