ក្បួន

Khmer

Etymology

From Thai ขบวร (kà-buuan) ~ กระบวน (grà-buuan), itself from Angkorian Old Khmer khpvar (“drawing, sketch, plan”), itself an infixed form of Old Khmer gvar (“to draw”). Compare modern Khmer reflexes ក្បូរ (kbou, “decoration”), គូរ (kuu, “to draw”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ក្បួន k̥puan WT romanisation kbuən (standard) IPA(key) /kɓuən/

Noun

ក្បួន • (kbuən)

1. theory; doctrine.
2. method; procedure.
3. principle; model.
4. sketch.
5. formula.
6. textbook; instruction manual.
7. line; parade; procession; train.
8. trick.