កើត

See also: កាត់

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer. Cognate with Temne ked (“pregnant; to cause, to bring about”), Khmu [Cuang] kəːt, Halang kòt (“be born, be pregnant”).

The sense "east" was probably originally "the place where the sun rises" or "where the sun was born"; compare Thai ตะวันออก (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk, “east”), Temne kedʔis (“east, "birth of the day"”), Khasi mih'ngi (“east, [where] the sun rises”).

The same analogy of "to be birth" can be made for the sense "day of the month during the period of waxing moon".

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	កើត koet
WT romanisation	kaət
(standard) IPA^(key)	/kaət/

Verb

កើត • (kaət) (abstract noun ការកើត)

to be born, be created, be, become, come into existence, arise, appear
to rise (said of the sun)
to happen, occur
to give birth to
to have, suffer from (a disease), contract (an illness)
to be affected (by an emotion)
(coverb) to succeed, be possible, be able

Noun

កើត • (kaət)

east
day of the month during the period of waxing moon
Antonym: រោច (rooc)

Coordinate terms

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ពាយ័ព្យ (piəyŏəp)	ជើង (cəəng) ឧត្តរ (ʼutdɑɑ)	ឦសាន (ʼəysaan)
លិច (lɨc) បស្ចិម (bahcəm)		កើត (kaət) បូព៌ា (boupiə)
និរតី (nirədəy)	ត្បូង (tboung) ទក្សិណ (tĕəksən)	អាគ្នេយ៍ (ʼaaknee)

Derived terms

ទិសខាងកើត (tɨh khaang kaət)

Adjective

កើត • (kaət) (abstract noun ភាពកើត)

eastern

Affixed forms

កំណើត (kɑmnaət)
ខ្នើត (khnaət)
បង្កើត (bɑngkaət)