កោះ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic កោះ
koḥ
WT romanisation kɑh
(standard) IPA(key) /kɑh/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ ~ *tkɔɔh (island). Cognate with Mon တကံ (tkɔˀ), Chong kɑʔ, Nyah Kur เกาะ, Thai เกาะ (gɔ̀), Lao ເກາະ (), Vietnamese and Mal kɔʔ.

Noun

កោះ • (kɑh)

  1. island

Etymology 2

Verb

កោះ • (kɑh) (abstract noun ការកោះ)

  1. to subpoena, to summon, to convoke someone with a court order.
Derived terms
  • កោះហៅ (kɑhhaw)

Affixed forms

  • ប្រកោះ (prɑkɑh)