គុក

Khmer

Etymology

Compare Old Chinese (OC *kuːɡ) or Middle Chinese (MC kowk). Cognate with Thai คุก (kúk), Lao ຄຸກ (khuk), Tai Dam ꪅꪴꪀ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គុក
guk
WT romanisation kuk
(standard) IPA(key) /kuk/

Noun

គុក • (kuk)

  1. jail, gaol

See also