កុង

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កុង kuṅ WT romanisation kong (standard) IPA(key) /koŋ/

Etymology 1

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 កោង (kaong).

Verb

កុង • (kong) (abstract noun ការកុង)

1. to cheat, swindle

Adjective

កុង • (kong) (abstract noun ភាពកុង)

1. to be curved, crooked, bent

Noun

កុង • (kong)

1. a curved object (like a basket handle)

Etymology 2

From French compte.

Noun

កុង • (kong)

1. (bank) account

Etymology 3

From Teochew 公 (gong¹) as in 阿公 (a¹ gong¹) and 外公 (ghua⁷ gong¹).

Noun

កុង • (kong)

1. grandfather

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

1. measure of area equal to about 40 acres
2. granary, storage building for rice

Derived terms

• កុងស្រូវ (kongsrəw)​