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Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
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ចៅ | cav | 1. grandchild 2. little one, young one (term of address to small children) 3. owner, chief, boss |
យាយ | yiey | 1. grandmother 2. old lady 3. polite term used to address an old woman |
ពិសា | piʔsaa, piisaa | to eat, to consume Notes: polite form used when speaking to older persons |
បាយ | baay | 1. cooked rice 2. food, meal |
ហើយ | haǝy | 1. to be finished, ended, completed 2. enough! 3. final particle indicating completed action, already, by now 4. in a future context indicates action that will be completed at some future time 5. and, afterwards, next, then, after that |
នៅ | nɨv | 1. in, at 2. to be located at, to live in or at, to reside, to stay, to be in 3. still, yet (pre-verbal marker of a durative or continuative aspect, as a final particle in the tag question ហើយឬនៅ it means 'yet' and as a reply to a question of this kind, it means 'not yet') {ញ៉ាំអីហើយនៅ? = Have you eaten already?} |
ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
ម៉េច | məc | what (following a verb of saying), why, in what way/manner, how {ម៉េចហើយ?/ម៉េចអី? = What's up?} {[…] ម៉េចទៅ? = In what way […]?} {ថាម៉េចចៅ? = What are you saying, grand-daughter?} {បងចង់បានម៉ូតម៉េច? = What kind of design/fashion do you like?} |
ស្ដាប់ | sdap | 1. to listen (to) 2. to obey 3. to understand (a spoken language) Notes: ជើង ដ |
មិនទាន់ | mɨn toan | not yet |
ទេ | tee | 1. particle: negative particle occurring in phrase final position especially after មិន, ពុំ, etc. 2. interrogative particle occurring in phrase final position, often in the combination ឬទេ 3. neutral/positive particle to add emphasis {ខ្ញុំសុខសប្បាយទេ = I'm fine!} {យកតែមួយទេ = I’ll take only one!} |
និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
យឺត | yɨɨt | 1. to be slow, late 2. to stretch, to be elastic |
ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
សួរ | suə | 1. to ask, question, enquire 2. to visit, come to see |
អូ | ʔou | oh, aha (exclamation expressing sudden realization, or loss of doubt) |
ហូប | houp | to eat |
ហើយៗ | haǝy haǝy | to be ready/finished Notes: colloquial |
បាន | baan | 1. to have completed/done something 2. to intend to complete something 3. marker of completed action 4. to get, obtain, acquire, to achieve, have been able to, to get/have the opportunity to do something 5. to get someone or something to do something (often translated by the English passive in this sense) 6. to be able to 7. not ... until, then and only then 8. to pass to someone through inheritance 9. to be OK, fine, all right 10. [spoken language] however, though, in contrast {ម្សិលមិញបានក្ដៅខ្លាំង = yesterday, however, it was very hot} 11. {បានហើយ = I'm done, I give up, I'm finished (depending on the context)} |
ម្ហូប | mhoup | food, meal |
អី | ʔəy | 1. what? {អីហ្នឹង?/អីគេ?/អីគេហ្នឹង? = what is this?/what?} {កាន់អីនៅនឹងដៃហ្នឹង? = What are [you] holding in [your] hand?} 2. something, anything {មានអីអត់ = Are you all right?/Is everything ok?/Did anything happen?} {ខ្ញុំទៅក្រៅញ៉ាំអី = I’m going out to eat something} Notes: variant of អ្វី |
ហា | haa | 1. to open wide (especially the mouth) 2. to be opened (as a clam shell, nuts) 3. five 4. sound of laughter (ha ha) 5. exclamation: aha! 6. as a question: pardon?, what? |
អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
ឮ | lɨɨ | 1. to hear 2. independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel លឭៃ (words spelled with ឮ may also be spelled with លឺ) Notes: also written លឺ |
តិចមើល | təc məəl | phrase-final: softens a command or request {ជួយបង្ហាញតិចមើល = Please show me!} |