EXPERIENCE
LEARN
Places
Excursions
Journeys
Khmer
Culture
Wildlife
Experience
Learn
Places
Excursions
Journeys
Khmer
Culture
Wildlife
🏠︎
Home
Khmer
📑︎︎
Dictionary
យកកូន
Adopt
យកកូន
Transliteration
yɔg gon
B2
slang
IPA
/jɔːk koun/
GD
yok koun
យកកូន Meaning in English
Definitions
to marry someone's child
Headley
to plan to have a child
Headley
Stems
យក
Take
យក / Take
Starter - Advanced
to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold; to take (away); to steal; to bring; to borrow; to get, obtain, achieve; to accept (Surin dial. yuə)
កូន
Child
កូន / Child
Essential
child (of someone; cf. ក្មេង 'child' - in general); offspring, progeny.
Compound Words
យកកូន
ទៅទុកឱ្យនៅក្តី
Send Child to Monastary
យកកូនទៅទុកឱ្យនៅក្តី / Send Child to Monastary
yɔg gon dŏu dŭg aôy nŏu gdei
C2
to send a child to live in a Buddhist temple
Possible Synonyms
ឆ្លង
Cross
ឆ្លង / Cross
B2
ចិញ្ចឹម
Nurture
ចិញ្ចឹម / Nurture
B2
យល់ព្រម
Agree/Accept/Adopt
យល់ព្រម / Agree/Accept/Adopt
B2
អនុមត័
Adopt
អនុមត័ / Adopt
B2
យកជាកូន
Adopt
យកជាកូន / Adopt
B2
អនុម័ត
Agree
អនុម័ត / Agree
B2
និយម
Prefer/Adopt
និយម / Prefer/Adopt
B2
ប្រកាន់
Sensitive
ប្រកាន់ / Sensitive
B2
Topics
Family
Sentences with យកកូន
បើ / If
0/55
Starter - Advanced
if, may be; although
បើ
baeu
If
ការ / Job
0/2
A1
work, occupation; business, affair, matter; commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases, e.g. ការឈ្លានពាន `aggression' < ឈ្លានពាន `to commit aggression'
ការ
ga
Job
ជាមួយ / With
0/62
Starter - Advanced
with, along with
ជា,មួយ
ជាមួយ
jéa muŏy
With
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ពីរបី / A few
0/3958
B1 - Advanced
a few, two or three
ពីរ,បី
ពីរបី
bi bei
A few
If I were to have a few children with you,
ការ / Job
0/2
A1
work, occupation; business, affair, matter; commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases, e.g. ការឈ្លានពាន `aggression' < ឈ្លានពាន `to commit aggression'
ការ
ga
Job
ហើយ / Finished
0/23
Starter - Advanced
to be finished, ended, completed.
ហើយ
haeuy
Finished
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
បីបើ / Three if
0/17500
C2
to assume, suppose, surmise
បី,បើ
បីបើ
bei baeu
Three if
ក / Neck
900/0
A1
neck; collar; connecting link
ក
gɑ
Neck
ហាង / Shop
981/301
Starter - Advanced
store, shop
ហាង
hang
Shop
ថ្មី / New
102/111
Starter
to be new, recent, modern.
ថ្មី
tmei
New
ៗ
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aôy
Give
ស្រី / Woman
0/197
Essential
woman
ស្រី
srei
Woman
ធ្វើ / Make/Do
424/33
Starter - Advanced
to do, make, work, carry out, perform; to prepare / fix (e.g. a meal); to repair (a car); to clean (fish); to build, compose; to work / cultivate (a field); to work / act / serve as; to pretend to be
ធ្វើ
tweu
Make/Do
ថៅកែ / Boss
0/2431
B1 - Advanced
businessman, capitalist, wholesale merchant, tradesman, tycoon; boss, owner (of a shop)
ថៅកែ
taugae
Boss
We took our three children and opened a new shop with a woman as the boss.
ឱប / Hug
0/2749
B1
to embrace; to clasp, to hug. (
ឱប
aôb
Hug
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
មិនទាន់ / Not Yet
0/636
A2
not yet; not on time
មិន,ទាន់
មិនទាន់
mĭn doăn
Not Yet
ក្តី / Case
0/538
A2 - Advanced
either ... or ..., whether ... or ...
ក្តី
gdei
Case
សុខចិត្ត / Willing
0/3218
B2
to be willing, satisfied; to agree / consent to; to prefer to ...; would rather ...; willingly, with pleasure
សុខ,ចិត្ត
សុខចិត្ត
sŏk jĕd
Willing
មើលថែ / Look After
0/0
B1
មើល,ថែ
មើលថែ
meul tae
Look After
ម្នាក់ឯង / Singly
0/4898
A2
alone, by oneself; living alone, living separately; having arrived alone
ម្នាក់,ឯង
ម្នាក់ឯង
mneăg êng
Singly
ក៏បាន / Ok
0/374
A2
all right, is okay, will do; also, as well
ក៏,បាន
ក៏បាន
gɑ ban
Ok
Embrace a child who is not yet ready to take care of themselves.
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
យក / Take
511/74
Starter - Advanced
to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold; to take (away); to steal; to bring; to borrow; to get, obtain, achieve; to accept (Surin dial. yuə)
យក
yɔg
Take
ចៅ / Grandchild
0/1503
Starter
grandchild; affectionate title for a young man who has never been a monk; little one
ចៅ
jau
Grandchild
Take children, take grandchildren
ពួក / Group
0/160
A1
group (esp. an informal, ad hoc group), detachment, herd, gathering, association; (with place name) native / resident of ....; squad (of 3 to 5 men); often merely conveys the idea of plurality
ពួក
buŏg
Group
អា / Not
0/263
A2 - Advanced
used preceding nouns or noun phrases giving them a pejorative, derogatory or very familiar meaning. It is commonly used in addressing close friends, persons regarded as inferiors, or young boys. It can also be used before the name of something with which one is annoyed; when preceding the name of a girl, it conveys a notion of endearment; when preceding adjectives, it forms nouns with a notion of disapproval or familiarity.
អា
'a
Not
បោកប្រាស់ / Wangle
0/3940
B1 - Advanced
to slam, throw violently
បោក,ប្រាស់
បោកប្រាស់
baôg brăh
Wangle
បោក / Smash
0/2016
B1 - Advanced
to beat (against a fixed object), smash; to slam, throw violently; to overthrow; to throw oneself to the ground; to thresh
បោក
baôg
Smash
ស្រី / Woman
0/197
Essential
woman
ស្រី
srei
Woman
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
Scammers cheat women to have children
ការ / Job
0/2
A1
work, occupation; business, affair, matter; commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases, e.g. ការឈ្លានពាន `aggression' < ឈ្លានពាន `to commit aggression'
ការ
ga
Job
ហើយ / Finished
0/23
Starter - Advanced
to be finished, ended, completed.
ហើយ
haeuy
Finished
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
បី / Three
0/149
Essential
three
បី
bei
Three
And we have three children
រៀបការ / Marry
0/1228
A2
to get married; to marry off, to arrange a wedding
រៀប,ការ
រៀបការ
riĕb ga
Marry
រួច / Finished
0/258
A1
to finish, end; to achieve, complete; to be finished, completed.
រួច
ruŏj
Finished
ពួកយើង / Us
0/1722
Essential
we, us, our group
ពួក,យើង
ពួកយើង
buŏg yeung
Us
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ពីរនាក់ / Pair
173/0
Starter - Advanced
ពីរ,នាក់
ពីរនាក់
bi neăg
Pair
Married, we have two children
គេ / Them
0/27
Essential
they / them / their; one, someone; he, him, she, her (formal / polite 3rd person pron.; usually plural but also used impersonally as a 3rd person singular form)
គេ
gé
Them
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ដង្ខៅ / Merchant
0/0
C2
dealer, merchant, trader; head of a commercial house; master, owner (e.g. of a business), entrepreneur; boss, ringleader
ដង្ខៅ
dɑ̆ngkau
Merchant
ឯខ្ញុំ / As for me
0/12474
C2
as for me
ឯ,ខ្ញុំ
ឯខ្ញុំ
ê knyom
As for me
យក / Take
511/74
Starter - Advanced
to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold; to take (away); to steal; to bring; to borrow; to get, obtain, achieve; to accept (Surin dial. yuə)
យក
yɔg
Take
ក្រមុំ / Maiden
0/3669
B1
virgin, marriageable girl, single adult girl; queen (in cards)
ក្រមុំ
grɑ̆mom
Maiden
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aôy
Give
ម៉ែ / Mother
0/2305
A1
mother, mama.
ម៉ែ
mae
Mother
មើល / Watch
269/194
Starter - Advanced
to look at, watch; to read (to oneself); to examine, survey, inspect; to observe; to treat (medically); to care for, take care of; to consider, regard
មើល
meul
Watch
They took the baby, and I took the bride for my mother to see.
ដេក / Recline
0/1294
A2 - Advanced
to lie down, recline; to sleep; to loaf, stand idle, to take a nap, rest
ដេក
deig
Recline
ដល់ / For
0/43
A1
to reach, attain; to arrive (at), get to.
ដល់
dɑ̆l
For
ថ្ងៃ / Day
177/49
Essential
day, daytime; daylight
ថ្ងៃ
tngai
Day
ចាំង / Chop
0/4144
B2
to hew, chop; to dress / square / trim / rough-hew (wood)
ចាំង
jăng
Chop
គូទ / Butt
0/2609
B1 - Advanced
buttocks
គូទ
gud
Butt
ទើប / Next
0/189
A1 - Advanced
(and) then, next, then (and only then), only then; so, consequently
ទើប
deub
Next
ចុះដី / Land
0/14548
C1
to go down (from a house or other high position)
ចុះ,ដី
ចុះដី
jŏh dei
Land
ថាបើ / That if
0/5881
C1
if
ថា,បើ
ថាបើ
ta baeu
That if
យ៉ាង / Type
0/68
A1 - Advanced
kind, type, way, manner.
យ៉ាង
yang
Type
ៗ
នឹង / Will
715/15
Starter
will, about to (future tense marker)
នឹង
nʉ̆ng
Will
មានតែ / Only
0/1088
A2 - Advanced
+ CLAUSE the only way / possibility / choice is ..., there is only ...
មាន,តែ
មានតែ
méan dae
Only
ចាំ / Wait
0/508
Starter
to wait (for), await, expect
ចាំ
jăm
Wait
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
សេដ្ឋី / Millionaire
0/3116
B2
millionaire, wealthy man.
សេដ្ឋី
seidtei
Millionaire
Sleep until the sun rises before going down to the ground_that if anything, you will only have to wait for the millionaire's son
ចាំ / Wait
0/508
Starter
to wait (for), await, expect
ចាំ
jăm
Wait
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aôy
Give
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'on
Dear
បាន / Have
198/1
Starter - Advanced
to have completed / done something; to intend to complete something; marker of completed action
បាន
ban
Have
10 , 20
Remember to give me 10, 20 children
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
គិតថា / Thought/Regard
226/640
A1
គិត,ថា
គិតថា
gĭd ta
Thought/Regard
អាច / Can
422/30
Starter - Advanced
to be able / qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something); to be possible; to be in condition (to), be in a position (to); to dare to
អាច
'aj
Can
ចង / Bind/Attach/Tie
0/1451
A2 - Advanced
to tie, bind, fasten, link, attach, connect; to unite; to establish a bond / relationship; to collect, compile; to knit (one's brows); to catch up with
ចង
jɑng
Bind/Attach/Tie
ជើង / Foot
562/309
Starter
leg, foot
ជើង
jeung
Foot
ប្តី / Husband
0/1725
Starter - Advanced
husband.
ប្តី
bdei
Husband
Take a child who thinks he can tie her husband's legs
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
បោក / Smash
0/2016
B1 - Advanced
to beat (against a fixed object), smash; to slam, throw violently; to overthrow; to throw oneself to the ground; to thresh
បោក
baôg
Smash
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'on
Dear
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ប្រើ / Use
155/99
A1
to use; to make use of someone; to order / command (someone to do something); to assign, commission; to send (on an errand); to persuade
ប្រើ
braeu
Use
សោះ / Not at all
0/945
A2 - Advanced
(in negative clauses) at all, in the least, completely, utterly, absolutely; finally
សោះ
saôh
Not at all
I cheated on you to use your child
ខ្លាច / Afraid
917/772
A1
to fear, be afraid; to respect.
ខ្លាច
klaj
Afraid
កាច / Mean/Vicious
0/4444
C1
to be fierce, mean, ferocious, savage; strict, severe
កាច
gaj
Mean/Vicious
ដូច / As/Like
75/87
Starter - Advanced
to be like; to resemble, be similar to, alike.
ដូច
doj
As/Like
ខ្លា / Tiger
0/2288
Starter - Advanced
generic name for various, usually large, members of the cat family, tiger
ខ្លា
kla
Tiger
បោក / Smash
0/2016
B1 - Advanced
to beat (against a fixed object), smash; to slam, throw violently; to overthrow; to throw oneself to the ground; to thresh
បោក
baôg
Smash
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ប្រើ / Use
155/99
A1
to use; to make use of someone; to order / command (someone to do something); to assign, commission; to send (on an errand); to persuade
ប្រើ
braeu
Use
Fear like a tiger cheating on a child
នាង / She/Her
0/90
Essential
young woman (married or unmarried), girl, Miss.
នាង
néang
She/Her
អើយ / Particle Indicating Affection
0/4668
A2 - Advanced
familiar vocative particle used after names of persons, titles, kinship terms and certain other words to indicate affection, pity, depression, or despair. In some cases, with inanimate words, it may serve to personify them. It may also be used in calling someone or trying to attract someone's attention
អើយ
'aeuy
Particle Indicating Affection
កុំ / Don’t
0/626
A1 - Advanced
do not ...
កុំ
gom
Don’t
ភ័យ / Fear
0/1059
A2 - Advanced
to be scared, afraid.
ភ័យ
peăy
Fear
ការ / Job
0/2
A1
work, occupation; business, affair, matter; commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases, e.g. ការឈ្លានពាន `aggression' < ឈ្លានពាន `to commit aggression'
ការ
ga
Job
ហើយ / Finished
0/23
Starter - Advanced
to be finished, ended, completed.
ហើយ
haeuy
Finished
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ថែម / Increase
0/766
A2 - Advanced
to add (to), increase; to do something additional; to complete; to make change
ថែម
taem
Increase
ប្រាំ / Five
458/1649
Essential
five ( 5 )
ប្រាំ
brăm
Five
ទៀត / More
0/53
Essential
again, still, more, further, yet, additional
ទៀត
diĕd
More
ណា / Where
0/80
Essential
(in questions) where? (in / at) what place? (in negative statements or indefinite clauses) anywhere; (in emphatic clauses) wherever, anywhere
ណា
na
Where
Do not be afraid, and take five more children.
នាង / She/Her
0/90
Essential
young woman (married or unmarried), girl, Miss.
នាង
néang
She/Her
អើយ / Particle Indicating Affection
0/4668
A2 - Advanced
familiar vocative particle used after names of persons, titles, kinship terms and certain other words to indicate affection, pity, depression, or despair. In some cases, with inanimate words, it may serve to personify them. It may also be used in calling someone or trying to attract someone's attention
អើយ
'aeuy
Particle Indicating Affection
កុំ / Don’t
0/626
A1 - Advanced
do not ...
កុំ
gom
Don’t
ភ័យ / Fear
0/1059
A2 - Advanced
to be scared, afraid.
ភ័យ
peăy
Fear
ការ / Job
0/2
A1
work, occupation; business, affair, matter; commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases, e.g. ការឈ្លានពាន `aggression' < ឈ្លានពាន `to commit aggression'
ការ
ga
Job
ហើយ / Finished
0/23
Starter - Advanced
to be finished, ended, completed.
ហើយ
haeuy
Finished
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ថែម / Increase
0/766
A2 - Advanced
to add (to), increase; to do something additional; to complete; to make change
ថែម
taem
Increase
ប្រាំ / Five
458/1649
Essential
five ( 5 )
ប្រាំ
brăm
Five
ទៀត / More
0/53
Essential
again, still, more, further, yet, additional
ទៀត
diĕd
More
ណា / Where
0/80
Essential
(in questions) where? (in / at) what place? (in negative statements or indefinite clauses) anywhere; (in emphatic clauses) wherever, anywhere
ណា
na
Where
(2
ដង / Occurrence
0/383
A2 - Advanced
time, occurrence, occasion
ដង
dɑng
Occurrence
)
She, do not be afraid and take five more children (2 times)
មួយ / One/An
48/14
Essential
one
មួយ
muŏy
One/An
ឆ្នាំ / Year
0/24
Essential
year (In the Cambodian lunar cycle of 12 years each year is named in the followed order : 1. ឆ្នាំជូត Year of the Mouse; 2. ឆ្នាំឆ្លូវ Year of the Ox; 3. ឆ្នាំខាល Year of the Tiger; 4. ឆ្នាំថោះ Year of the Rabbit; 5. ឆ្នាំរោង Year of the Dragon; 6. ឆ្នាំម្សាញ់ Year of the Serpent; 7. ឆ្នាំមមី Year of the Horse; 8. ឆ្នាំមមែ Year of the Goat; 9. ឆ្នាំវក Year of the Monkey; 10. ឆ្នាំរកា Year of the Cock; 11. ឆ្នាំច Year of the Dog; 12. ឆ្នាំកុរ Year of the Pig)
ឆ្នាំ
chnăm
Year
ម្តង / Once
0/1747
A2
once, one time; once and for all, definitely; for a change (contraction of មួយដង ) (Surin dial. mnɑɑŋ)
ម្តង
mdɑng
Once
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
មួយ / One/An
48/14
Essential
one
មួយ
muŏy
One/An
ONE YEAR WE MAKE ONE KID
ជួយ / Help
135/126
Starter - Advanced
to help, assist; to support; to rescue, save.
ជួយ
juŏy
Help
ស្រាយ / Untie
0/1226
A2 - Advanced
to untie, undo, unfasten, unwrap, detach; to untangle, unravel.
ស្រាយ
sray
Untie
យកកូន / Adopt
0/4924
B2
to marry someone's child
យក,កូន
យកកូន
yɔg gon
Adopt
ចេញ / Leave
37/106
Starter - Advanced
to go out, leave, emerge, exit; to issue, bring out, come out (of a publication); to emit, utter.
ចេញ
jein
Leave
ផង / Too
0/60
A1 - Advanced
also, too, as well; even though
ផង
pɑng
Too
Help to remove the child
Search