គុក

Khmer

Etymology

Compare Old Chinese 牿 (OC *kuːɡ) or Middle Chinese 牿 (MC kowk). Cognate with Thai คุก (kúk), Lao ຄຸກ (khuk), Tai Dam ꪅꪴꪀ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គុក guk WT romanisation kuk (standard) IPA(key) /kuk/

Noun

គុក • (kuk)

1. jail, gaol

See also

• ពន្ធនាគារ (pŏəntɔniəkiə)