លោក

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali loka, from Sanskrit लोक (loka, world).

Pronunciation

Orthographic លោក
lok
Phonemic លោក / លោ-កៈ-
lok / lo-k`-
WT romanisation look, lookaʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /loːk/ ~ /loː.kaʔ./

Noun

លោក • (look)

  1. world, sphere of existence
  2. universe
  3. monk, respected man

Pronoun

លោក • (look)

  1. you, your (to males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and to Buddhist monks)
  2. he, him, his (referring to adult males who are of approximately equal rank with the speaker and to Buddhist monks)
  3. sir, mister (commonly used before a title or given name)

See also

Khmer personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person m ខ្ញុំបាទ (khñom baat) យើង (yəəng)
f នាងខ្ញុំ (niəng khñom)
n ខ្ញុំ (khñom)
2nd person m លោក (look), អ្នក (nĕək) លោកអ្នក (look nĕək), ពួកអ្នក (puək nĕək)
f លោកស្រី (look srəy), អ្នកស្រី (nĕək srəy)
3rd person m or f គាត់ (kŏət), គេ (kei) គាត់ (kŏət), គេ (kei), ពួកគាត់ (puək kŏət), ពួកគេ (puək kei)
n វា (viə) វា (viə), ពួកវា (puək viə)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

លោក m

  1. Khmer script form of loka (“world”)

Declension