កោង

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *koŋ (“to bend, to be bent”). Cognate with Thai ก่ง (gòng), ก้งโค้ง, โกง (goong), โก่ง (gòong), โก้งโค้ง, โค้ง (kóong). Doublet of កុង (kong).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កោង koṅ WT romanisation kaong (standard) IPA(key) /kaoŋ/

Adjective

កោង • (kaong) (abstract noun ភាពកោង)

1. to be bent, curved
2. to be insolent, impudent, rude, arrogant

Derived terms

• កាចកោង (kaac kaong)

Affixed forms

• កំណោង (kɑmnaong)
• ចំកោង (cɑmkaong)
• បង្កោង (bɑngkaong)