Khmer edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic កូវ
kūv
WT romanisation kəw
(standard) IPA(key) /kəw/

Etymology 1 edit

From Teochew (gou1, father's sister).

Noun edit

កូវ (kəw)

  1. aunt

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

កូវ (kəw) (abstract noun ការកូវ)

  1. to jump-start

Particle edit

កូវ (kəw)

  1. isn't it?
  2. (archaic) emphatic article