កម្ម

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali kamma, from Sanskrit कर्मन् (karman).

Pronunciation

Orthographic កម្ម
km̥m
Phonemic ក័ម / កម-មៈ / កម-ម៉ៈ
k˘m / km-m` / km-m″`
WT romanisation kam, kɑmmĕəʼ, kɑmmaʼ
(standard) IPA(key) /kam/ ~ /kɑm.ˈmĕəʔ/ ~ /kɑm.ˈmaʔ/

Noun

កម្ម • (kam)

  1. action, act, deed, manual work
  2. activity
  3. karma
  4. consequence, result (especially of a past deed)
  5. actions, thoughts (from a prior existence which produced effects in a subsequent existence, the results of karma)
  6. fate, calamity
  7. (grammar) object, complement

Derived terms

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

កម្ម n

  1. Khmer script form of kamma (“action”)

Declension

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