គរ

Khmer

Etymology

kapok
Compare Eastern Cham gauv and Western Cham [script needed] (go), both meaning "kapok";[1] as well as Vietnamese gạo (“cotton tree”) (further from Proto-Vietic *-kaːwʔ).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic គរ
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WT romanisation kɔɔ
(standard) IPA(key) /kɔː/

Verb

គរ • (kɔɔ) (abstract noun ការគរ)

  1. to pile up, to stack up, to accumulate

Affixed forms

  • គំនរ (kumnɔɔ)
  • បង្គរ (bɑngkɔɔ)
  • ប្រគរ (brâkôr)​

Noun

គរ • (kɔɔ)

  1. kapok (Bombax pentandrum or Eriodendron anfructuosum).

References

  1. ^ Robert K. Headley, Jr. et al. (1977) Cambodian-English dictionary, page 122
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