Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Old Khmer ក្រេង (kreṅa), ក្រេង៑ (kreṅ, to be fearful, afraid, frightened; to be timid, timorous; etc). Compare Old Chinese (OC *kreŋ). Cognate with Thai เกรง (greeng), Lao ເກງ (kēng).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ក្រែង
k̥raeṅ
WT romanisation kraeng
(standard) IPA(key) /kraeŋ/

Verb edit

ក្រែង (kraeng) (abstract noun ការក្រែង)

  1. to fear

Conjunction edit

ក្រែង (kraeng)

  1. lest, for fear that, in case, in the event, (to fear) that
    យកអាវក្រាស់ផង ក្រែងរងា
    yɔɔk ʼaaw krah phɑɑng · kraeng rɔngiə
    Take a coat in case it's cold.
    ខ្ញុំបារម្ភក្រែងប្រឡងធ្លាក់
    khñom baarɑm kraeng prɑlɑɑng thlĕək
    I am worried that I will fail the examination.