គួរ

Khmer

Etymology

Cognates with Thai ควร (kuuan) and Lao Lao ຄວນ (khūan)

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic គួរ
guar
WT romanisation kuə
(standard) IPA(key) /kuə/

Adjective

គួរ • (kuə) (abstract noun ភាពគួរ)

  1. to be acceptable, suitable, correct, proper
  2. to be worthy of, to deserve
    អង្គរវត្តជាប្រាសាទល្អគួរឲ្យចង់មើល.
    ʼɑngkɔɔ vŏət ciə praasaat lʼɑɑ kuə ʼaoy cɑng məəl
    Angkor Wat is a beautiful temple which deserves to be viewed.
  3. creates phrases equivalent to English adjectives in -able/-ible
    គួរដល់កិត្តិភាព  ―  kuə dɑl kəttephiəp  ―  honorable

Verb

គួរ • (kuə) (abstract noun ការគួរ)

  1. should, ought to
    យើងគួរខ្លាចអំពើអាក្រក់.
    yəəng kuə khlaac ʼɑmpəə ʼaakrɑk
    We should be afraid of evil.

Affixed forms
  • គំនួរ (kumnuə)
  • បង្គួរ (bɑngkuə)
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