កាវ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កាវ kāv WT romanisation kaaw (standard) IPA(key) /kaːw/

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 膠 (MC kaew, “glue”). Cognate with Thai กาว (gaao), Lao ກາວ (kāo), Burmese ကော် (kau), Vietnamese keo.

Noun

កាវ • (kaaw)

1. glue

Etymology 2

Verb

កាវ • (kaaw) (abstract noun ការកាវ)

1. to hook, to snare or pull with a hook

Affixed forms

• ដង្កាវ (dɑngkaaw)