ដង្កូវ

Khmer

Etymology

From ថ្កូវ (thkəw, “a kind of large fruit tree”) with infixed -VN-.[1]

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដង្កូវ
ṭṅ̥kūv
WT romanisation dɑngkəw
(standard) IPA(key) /ɗɑŋ.ˈkəw/

Noun

ដង្កូវ • (dɑngkəw)

  1. grub, maggot
  2. larva, caterpillar
  3. worm

References

  1. ^ Philip N. Jenner (2009) A Dictionary of pre-Angkorian Khmer, Australia: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 175
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