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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ចូល | coul | 1. to enter, go in, penetrate 2. to approach 3. to reach 4. to begin, set in 5. may indicate the adverbial meaning of ‘inwardly’ or ‘forwardly’ directed movement 6. to enter into, subscribe to, contribute to 7. to take in (as revenue) 8. to mate (of animals) 9. to go into a trance (of a medium) 10. to possess (as a spirit possesses a medium) 11. to agree with |
| មកដល់ | mɔɔk dɑl | to arrive at, come to |
| រូបភាព | ruup pʰiep | 1. image, picture, drawing, photo 2. appearance, form, shape |
| ទី | tii | 1. particle used to form ordinal numbers 2. spot, place, location 3. rank, function, service |
| 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?} |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ក្រៅពី | krav pii | besides, in addition to |
| មុខងារ | muk ŋie | 1. function, duty 2. job, position, occupation, work |
| លេង | leeŋ | 1. to play 2. to do something for fun or pleasure 3. to joke |
| ហ្គេម | keem, kɛɛm | game |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| យើង | yəəŋ | 1. we 2. I (familiar) 3. in final position used to refer to 'our Cambodian ...' {ទុរេនកំពតយើងមែន? = Kampot durian (from our country, Cambodia), right?} |
| ឃើញ | kʰəəɲ | 1. to see, to perceive 2. to understand, to recognize 3. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 4. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| អាច | ʔaac | 1. to be able/qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something) 2. to be possible 3. to be in condition (to), be in a position (to) 4. to dare to |
| ប្រើប្រាស់ | praə prah | to use |
| ទូរស័ព្ទ | tuureaʔsap | 1. telephone 2. to call (by phone) Notes: also written ទូរសព្ទ |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| ស្វែងរក | svaeŋ rɔɔk | to go and look for, to search for, to seek |
| ទីតាំង | tii taŋ | 1. position 2. installation 3. headquarters, administration area 4. to have headquarters at 5. to be located at |
| ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| ទំនើប | tumnəəp | modern, up-to-date, recent Notes: root: ទើប |
| បច្ចុប្បន្ន | paccopbɑn | the present (time), now, in the present time |
| មាន | mien | 1. to have, possess, own 2. to exist, there is, there are 3. to be rich, own property 4. indicates the accomplishment of an action, to happen to, to have occasion to Notes: in spoken Khmer, negated មាន (មិនមាន or គ្មាន) can be contracted into មាន, e.g., មានអ្នកណាចង់ជួបឯង = ‘there's nobody who wants to meet you’ — contrast this with the affirmative: មានគេចង់ជួបឯង = ‘there’s somebody who wants to meet you’ |
| ប្រព័ន្ធ | prɑpoan | 1. system, network, order 2. cycle 3. to write poetry, compose 4. to braid, plait, twist, weave, intertwine 5. to tie/tighten a knot |
| ដែល | dael | 1. who, whom, which, where, when 2. of/to/in/at which/whom 3. the fact/reason that 4. ever, happened to, having done at least once, having been to, already, always, had occasion to, have ever {អត់ដែលដឹងសោះ = I’ve never known this!} |
| ហៅ | hav | 1. to call, name 2. to order (e.g., in a restaurant), specifically to stop a vehicle 3. to send for, summon 4. to invite (guests) |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| 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]!} |
| ឲ្យ | ʔaoy | 1. to give 2. to let, to allow 3. for, to, in order to, so as to {ចង់ឲ្យខ្ញុំកុម្ម៉ង់អីញ៉ាំឲ្យហើយអត់? = Do you want me to order something for you already?} 4. in a... manner (forms adverbial phrases from predicatives) Notes: also written អោយ, ឱ្យ |
| ចង់ | cɑŋ | 1. to want/wish/desire (to do something) 2. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl) 3. to approach, draw near 4. about to (do something), on the point of 5. even if |
| ទៅ | tɨv | 1. to go (away from the speaker in space or time), to go to/towards, go on, continue, advance, go away 2. towards 3. from now on, from then on (often used as a particle indicating that the action began at some point in the past or present and continued on into the future or that the action is directed away from the speaker) 4. imperative particle, go ahead and ...! {ញ៉ាំទៅ = Go ahead and eat/drink!} |
| 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)} |
| ជាក់ស្ដែង | ceak sdaeŋ | 1. clear, sure 2. clearly, surely, obviously Notes: ជើង ដ |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| កំពុងតែ | kɑmpuŋ tae | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| ហាងកាហ្វេ | haaŋ kaafee | coffee shop |
| អក្សរ | ʔaksɑɑ | 1. letter (of the alphabet) 2. script, alphabet 3. written language 4. writing |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| អេក្រង់ | ʔeekrɑŋ | 1. screen (of a computer, tablet, phone etc.) 2. movie screen |
| កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
| វ៉ៃ | vay | 1. to beat, to hit 2. to type Notes: colloquial form of វាយ [viey, vay] |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| វាយ | viey, vay | 1. to beat (with the hand, a stick, club or whip), hit, slap, strike 2. to type 3. to strike (of a clock) 4. to fight, invade, attack 5. to analyze, to sum up a situation 6. to discuss the price of something 7. kind of plant that produces small edible fruit which turn red when ripe Notes: see also វ៉ៃ |
| ផ្សេង | pseeŋ | to differ, to be different (from each other), to be separate |
| ឈ្មោះ | cmʊəh | 1. name 2. to be named/called |
| ទីកន្លែង | tii kɑnlaeŋ | place, site, location |
| គ្រាន់តែ | kroan tae | just, only, only just |
| ផែនទី | pʰaen tii | map, model |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| បង្ហាញ | bɑŋhaaɲ | 1. to show, exhibit, reveal, to indicate 2. to demonstrate, to teach 3. to introduce (someone to someone) |
| ប្រាប់ | prap | 1. to tell, say, state, inform, report 2. to explain 3. to point out |
| តើ | taə | 1. indicating an indirect question, it may often be translated as 'if' or 'whether' 2. phrase-final: used for emphasis |
| ត្រូវ | trəv | 1. must, have to 2. to be correct, right, proper, exact, accurate 3. to concern, have to do with, to agree/jibe with, coincide with 4. to be affected with/by, to suffer, undergo (ត្រូវ + CLAUSE marks a passive-like construction in which the subject of the clause introduced by ត្រូវ is translated as the agent in the passive construction) |
| ទៅតាម | tɨv taam | 1. by, according to, through {គេគិតតម្លៃទៅតាមគីឡូ = they’re charging by the kilo} 2. to pursue, go after, go along with 3. to send for 4. to retrieve |
| ផ្លូវ | pləv | 1. road, street, route 2. way, style, cause, matter |
| ណា | naa | 1. which, any 2. where, somewhere, anywhere |
| ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |
| ទៅដល់ | tɨv dɑl | 1. to arrive, to reach, to go to 2. until, up to 3. to, toward |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| ប្រអប់ | prɑʔɑp | (small) box, case |
| បន្ទាប់មក | bɑntoap mɔɔk | next, then, afterwards, later |
| ចុច | coc | 1. to press (with the fingertip or the tip of a stick, as a button) 2. to poke 3. to point 4. to indicate, pick out, select 5. [colloquial] to dip |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| ហើយនិង | haǝy nɨŋ | and (followed by the last in a series), with |
| ដឹង | dəŋ | 1. to know, to be aware of, to be familiar with 2. [colloquial] can be used in the affirmative or, as an answer to a question, to mean ‘no’ {ដឹងហើយ = ok!} {ឯងដឹងថាគាត់ទៅណាអត់? ដឹង! = Do you know where he went to? No, I don’t.} |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| ចំណាយ | cɑmnaay | 1. expenditure, expenses, spending 2. to spend |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| ប៉ុន្មាន | ponmaan | 1. how much, how many 2. (in an affirmative context) some, several, a few, a certain number 3. (in a negative or indefinite context) (not) many, to any (great) extent |
| ភាព | pʰiep | state, condition, shape, manner |
| ងាយស្រួល | ŋiey sruǝl | easy (e.g., to do, to use) |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| ចាំបាច់ | cam bac | 1. necessary, essential, indispendable 2. to need to |
| កាន់ | kan | 1. to hold, carry in the hand, grasp, hang on to 2. to control, be in charge of, be responsible for 3. to withstand, support, sustain, bear 4. to hold to, believe in, keep/observe (e.g., a religion) {កាន់សាសនាព្រះពុទ្ធ = to believe in Buddhism} 5. (of a spirit) to possess |
| ធំ | tʰom | to be big, tall, vast, important Notes: irregular pronunciation |
| ដៃ | day | 1. arm, hand 2. handle, lever, crank 3. branch (of a tree, bamboo, or a river), offshoot 4. tendril 5. trunk (of an elephant) 6. sleeve 7. steering wheel 8. clf. for handfuls of young rice plants/grass 9. clf. for slaps 10. command to an elephant not to move its trunk or not to pull up something with its trunk 11. clf. for a bunch of 10 areca nuts |
| 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!} |
| ទូរស័ព្ទចល័ត | tuureaʔsap caʔlat | mobile phone |
| ជាង | cieŋ | 1. (more) ... than, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater extent than 2. marks the comparative degree of an adjective {ល្អជាង = better} 3. craftsman, artisan, skilled worker, smith {ជាងថត = camera man} |
| ការ | kaa | 1. commonly occurs as a nominalizing particle deriving abstract nouns or noun phrases from verbs or verb phrases 2. work, occupation 3. business, affair, matter 4. to protect, defend, prevent 5. to marry 6. marriage 7. wedding 8. interest (e.g., on a loan) 9. profit 10. usury 11. to wind (into a skein/bobbin/reel) 12. to spin (silk) |
| ខ្លួន | kluən | 1. body, figure, person, self 2. reflexive pronoun: myself, yourself, himself etc. |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| ពិបាក | piʔbaak | 1. difficult {ការទិញអីវ៉ាន់នៅខ្មែររៀងពិបាកបន្តិច = buying things in Cambodia is a bit difficult/not easy} {តែពិបាកត្រង់ ឆាប់ងងុយដេក = the problem is: I’m getting tired easily} 2. sad, poor, miserable 3. to suffer |
| ទុកដាក់ | tuk dak | 1. to arrange (in a sequence), put in order 2. to organize 3. to put to work 4. to apply, place 5. to keep, preserve 6. to marry off 7. ទុកដាក់ ... ជា: to consider |
| កម្មវិធី | kamviʔtʰii, kammaʔviʔtʰii, kammeaʔviʔtʰii | 1. program, schedule 2. system 3. app (e.g., on a smartphone) |
| សម្រាប់ | sɑmrap | 1. for 2. used for, used to (make or do something) |
| នាំ | noam | 1. to bring, lead, take to, guide, take along 2. to cause, bring about/produce (a result) |
| ទៅកាន់ | tɨv kan | to, toward |
| ញ៉ាំ | ɲam | to eat, to drink, to consume {ញ៉ាំបាយ = general term for 'to eat' (neutral form for younger persons and persons of the same age)} Notes: informal, of oneself, addressing children or close friends but not elders |
| កាហ្វេ | kaafee | coffee |
| ជួប | cuəp | to meet (especially intentionally) |
| មិត្តភក្តិ | mɨt pʰeaʔ | friend Notes: ជើង ត (twice) |
| ទីនោះ | tii nuh | there, over there |