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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| កូន | koun | 1. child (of someone, as opposed to ក្មេង = child in general) 2. animal baby, young 3. small member of a class or set, small object {កូនថង់ = small bag} |
| ម៉ាក់ | mak | mom, mommy Notes: colloquial |
| ឯង | ʔaeŋ | 1. you 2. self, oneself, by oneself 3. used after personal pronouns or names to make the address more polite 4. surely, obviously |
| មើល | məəl | 1. to look at, to watch, to watch for, to observe 2. to read (to oneself), to review (a lesson) 3. to examine, survey, inspect 4. to observe 5. to treat (medically) 6. to care for, take care of 7. to consider, regard 8. particle: come on, give it a try 9. let me see! 10. phrase-final: softens a command or request {ជួយបង្ហាញតិចមើល = Please show me!} |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| ទុក | tuk | 1. to put, set, place, arrange 2. to set aside, keep, retain, save, preserve, maintain, conserve, hold (in reserve) {ទុកញ៉ាំ = to keep for eating later} |
| នំ | num | cake, cooky, pastry, sweet, generic term for sweet pastries |
| 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?} |
| កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| មួយ | muəy | 1. one {មួយៗ = one by one} 2. one person/myself {សុំចេញមួយ = Please let me [go] out!} {សុំទៅមួយ = Please give way [for me one person]!} {សុំចុះមួយ = Please let me [one person] get off [the bus]!} |
| ភ្លែត | plɛɛt | clf. for moments, instants {ចាំមួយភ្លែត = just a moment!/wait a moment!} |
| កណ្ដោរ | kɑndao | spoken form of កណ្ដុរ = mouse, rat Notes: ជើង ដ |
| លួច | luəc | to steal |
| ស៊ី | sii | 1. to eat (with humans it is intimate in urban centers but may be used more generally in rural areas) 2. to consume (food, fuel) 3. ស៊ីប្រេន = to sell at a high price just because it’s a brand name |
| អស់រលីង | ʔɑh rɔliiŋ | 1. to be completely gone, no more 2. all, completely |
| ចង្រៃ | cɑŋray | 1. bad luck, misfortune, danger 2. to cause bad luck 3. to be unlucky, evil, damned 4. harmful 5. annoying, bothersome |
| មែនទែន | mɛɛn tɛɛn | 1. really, truly, surely, in fact, as it should be, certainly 2. seriously, actually |