កាវ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កាវ
kāv
WT romanisation kaaw
(standard) IPA(key) /kaːw/

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 膠 (MC kaew, “glue”). Cognate with Thai กาว (gaao), Lao ກາວ (kāo), Burmese ကော် (kau), Vietnamese keo.

Noun

កាវ • (kaaw)

  1. glue

Etymology 2

Verb

កាវ • (kaaw) (abstract noun ការកាវ)

  1. to hook, to snare or pull with a hook

Affixed forms

  • ដង្កាវ (dɑngkaaw)
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