ខ្មោច

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *gmuːcʔ (“corpse”). Cognate with Pacoh cumuiq (“corpse”), Semai ki'mòòc (“ghost”), Semelai kmuc, Sa'och kʰmoːˀc.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ខ្មោច
k̥ʰmoc
WT romanisation khmaoc
(standard) IPA(key) /kʰmaoc/

Noun

ខ្មោច • (khmaoc)

  1. corpse
  2. ghost; spirit
  3. the late ..., the deceased ...
    លោកសុខ  ―  khmaoc look sok  ―  the late Mr. Sok

Adjective

ខ្មោច • (khmaoc) (abstract noun ភាពខ្មោច)

  1. useless
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