កុញ្ចែ

Khmer edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā) or Pali kuñcikā. Cognate with Thai กุญแจ (gun-jɛɛ), Lao ກະແຈ (ka chǣ), Malay kunci.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic កុញ្ចែ
kuñ̥cae
WT romanisation koñcae
(standard) IPA(key) /koɲ.ˈcae/

Noun edit

កុញ្ចែ (koñcae)

  1. (archaic) key (device designed to open and close a lock)

Synonyms edit