Khmer

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Teochew (gou1, father's sister).

Noun

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កូវ (kəw)

  1. aunt

Etymology 2

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Verb

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កូវ (kəw) (abstract noun ការកូវ)

  1. to jump-start

Particle

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កូវ (kəw)

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