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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| បន្ទាប់មក | bɑntoap mɔɔk | next, then, afterwards, later |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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’ |
| កសិករ | kaʔseʔkɑɑ | farmer, peasant |
| 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) |
| ស្ទូង | stuuŋ | to transplant seedlings (especially rice seedlings) |
| ស្រូវ | srəv | rice (while still growing or prior to being husked), paddy rice, standing rice, unmilled/unhusked rice Notes: after the ស្រូវ is milled and the husks are removed it is called អង្ករ, and after it is cooked it is called បាយ |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| រដូវវស្សា | rɔdəv voahsaa | rainy season |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| រដូវភ្លៀង | rɔdəv pliəŋ | rainy season |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| រដូវ | rɔdəv | season |
| 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!} |
| ចាប់ផ្ដើម | cap pdaəm | to begin, start Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ធ្វើ | tvəə | 1. to do, to make, to work, to prepare 2. to cultivate (a field) {ធ្វើស្រែ = to work in a rice field, be a farmer, grow rice} |
| ស្រែ | srae | 1. wet/irrigated rice field 2. to be rural 3. (of the eyes) to be very tired 4. to be bleary-eyed (e.g., from a lack of sleep) 5. to be glazed/unseeing/blank (as the eyes of a very ill person) |
| ដោយសារតែ | daoy saa tae | because |
| ភ្លៀង | pliəŋ | 1. to rain 2. rain |
| ធ្លាក់ | tleak | 1. to fall, to fall down 2. to fail (an examination) |
| ប្រទេស | prɑteeh | country, nation |
| កម្ពុជា | kampuʔcie | Cambodia |
| ប្រកបរបរ | prɑkɑɑp rɔbɑɑ | to work, earn a living |
| កសិកម្ម | kaʔseʔkam | agriculture |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| ប្រជាជន | prɑciecʊən | the people, the population |
| ប្រមាណ | prɑmaan | 1. to measure, calculate 2. to guess (the size), estimate 3. to plan, count 4. calculating, counting, measuring 5. considering 6. amount, standard, size, dimension 7. about, approximately, around |
| ភាគរយ | pʰiek rɔɔy | percent |
| សុទ្ធតែ | sot tae | all, only, exclusively, completely, without exception, nothing but |
| ដាំ | dam | 1. to plant (seeds), to sow 2. to grow (crops) 3. to erect, set up, install (e.g., a post or column) 4. to boil (water), to cook (rice) |
| ដំណាំ | dɑmnam | crops, (cultivated) plants, vegetables Notes: root: ដាំ |
| ផ្សេង | pseeŋ | to differ, to be different (from each other), to be separate |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| ពោត | poot | corn, maize |
| សណ្ដែក | sɑndaek | generic term for beans, peas and bean-like vegetables Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ជាដើម | cie daəm | 1. for example, for instance 2. as above, as listed (or given) above 3. first of all, first and foremost |
| ដរាបណា | dɑɑ riep naa | so long as, as long as |
| មេឃ | meek | 1. sky 2. cloud 3. weather {នៅពេលដែលមេឃក្ដៅ = when it's hot} |
| អត់ទាន់ | ʔɑt toan | not yet |
| ពួកគាត់ | puək koat | they |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| 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 |
| 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)} |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| 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!} |
| ខែ | kʰae | 1. month 2. moon |
| ប្រាំង | praŋ | 1. to be arid, (hot and) dry 2. dry season |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| វស្សា | voahsaa | 1. rainy season 2. rain 3. annual three month period when Buddhist monks are required to retire to their temples |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| ពួក | puək | 1. plural marker 2. group, grouping, society, association |
| សប្បាយចិត្ត | sapbaay cət | 1. to be content, satisfied, happy 2. to enjoy 3. happy feeling Notes: ជើង ត |
| 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 |
| ការងារ | kaaŋie | job, work, profession, duty, task |
| ចំការ | cɑmkaa | 1. farm (where vegetables or fruit crops are grown), plantation, orchard 2. clearing, cleared field Notes: also written ចម្ការ |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ជាក់ស្ដែង | ceak sdaeŋ | 1. clear, sure 2. clearly, surely, obviously Notes: ជើង ដ |
| បុរស | boʔrɑh | man, male person |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| ឱន | ʔaon | to bend over, to bend down, to lodge (of grain plants) Notes: also written អោន |
| 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) |
| យក | yɔɔk | 1. to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold 2. when ordering: I’ll take, I’ll have {យកបបរគ្រឿងសាច់ជ្រូកម៉ាចាន = I’ll have a bowl of pork porridge} 3. to take (away) 4. to steal 5. to bring 6. to borrow 7. to get, obtain, achieve |
| ដើមស្រូវ | daəm srəv | rice plant |
| ដោត | daot | 1. to plant, to stick up, to push in 2. to put on a spit, to skewer, to put on a line |
| 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 |
| 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!} |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| 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 |
| ទាំង | teaŋ | 1. all, both {ទាំងពីរ = both} {ទាំង ... ទាំង ... = both ... and ...} 2. entirely, completely 3. adverb marker equivalent to ដោយ |
| ពីរ | pii, pɨl | two |
| 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 |
| សំណាប | sɑmnaap | rice seedling before transplanting, seedling (usually refers to rice seedlings that have reached the proper height to be transplanted to the growing field) |
| ដើម | daəm | 1. trunk (of a tree or the body), stock 2. stalk 3. tree, plant 4. source, origin 5. base, foundation, beginning 6. cause 7. originator 8. substance, matter, topic 9. case, facts 10. role, condition 11. initial investment, capital, principal 12. to be original, first 13. clf. for long, thin, stick-like objects such as trees, poles, pencils, and guns |
| 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} |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| ដុះ | doh | 1. to grow, germinate, sprout 2. to rise (referring to cliffs, mountains, etc.), to spring (up), to bud, put out shoots 3. to appear, emerge 4. to increase, improve |
| តូច | touc, tuuc | 1. small, little, tiny 2. minor |
| បន្តិច | bɑntəc | 1. a little, a little bit, in small amounts, few 2. rather, slightly, just barely 3. in a little while Notes: ជើង ត |
| 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, [...] |
| 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) |
| ដក | dɑɑk | 1. to pull out, to extract 2. to subtract {ប្រាំដកបីស្មើពីរ = 5 minus 3 equals 2} 3. minus {ដកពីរ = -2} |
| មក | mɔɔk | 1. to come (toward the speaker in space or time) 2. to come to/towards (often used as a final particle indicating that the action began at some point in the past and continued up to the present) 3. (from then) on, (from that time) forth 4. to, toward |
| ដី | dəy | 1. earth, land, ground, soil 2. territory |
| ភក់ | pʰʊək | mud, slush |
| ទឹក | tɨk | 1. water, juice, liquid 2. round (e.g., of a boxing match) |
| បន្តិចបន្តួច | bɑntəc bɑntuəc | 1. a little, a few 2. to a small extent, just barely, somewhat Notes: ជើង ត (both times) |
| ពាក់ | peak | 1. to wear (shirt, hat, ring, shoes, but not pants) 2. to put on 3. to hang up, suspend, hang on |
| អាវ | ʔaav | shirt, blouse, coat, upper garment |
| ពណ៌ | poa | color, complexion |
| ទឹកក្រូច | tɨk krouc | 1. orange juice 2. generic term for soft drinks 3. color: orange |
| វែង | vɛɛŋ | long, tall |
| ខោ | kʰao | pants, trousers |
| ជើង | cəəŋ | 1. foot, leg 2. base, bottom 3. edge 4. subscript form of a Cambodian consonant 5. immediate vicinity 6. north {ខាងជើង = north} 7. way, path, trip 8. clf. for trips or occurrences 9. to be an expert/veteran/skilled at + verb |
| ស | sɑɑ | color: white |
| មួក | muək | hat, cap |
| ធំ | tʰom | to be big, tall, vast, important Notes: irregular pronunciation |
| 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]!} |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| ក្បាល | kbaal | 1. head 2. beginning, source (e.g., of a stream) 3. top, front (part) 4. heading (e.g., of a document or letter) 5. bow (of a boat) 6. volume (book) 7. chief, leader 8. clf. for books, animals and dehumanized persons such as enemy soldiers 9. lot, plot, parcel |
| ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
| វាល | viel | large open space, plain, field, clearing, courtyard, plaza, threshing floor |
| ពេលខ្លះ | peel klah | sometimes |
| ក្ដៅ | kdav | hot, warm Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ទោះបីជា | tʊəh bəy cie | although, even though |
| ក៏ដោយ | kɑɑ daoy | 1. (who)soever, (what)soever 2. whether or not, it makes no difference, even if 3. even though, although |
| រាំង | reaŋ | 1. to block, close off, bar the way, barricade 2. to lock 3. to cease/let up (of rain, menstruation) 4. to be without rain 5. to hold back, bring to a stop, restrain, to detain 6. to strain, filter |
| ត្រូវតែ | trəv tae | have to, must, should, ought to |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| ការពារ | kaapie | to protect, defend |
| កម្ដៅ | kɑmdav | heat Notes: ជើង ដ; root: ក្ដៅ |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| ប្រសិនបើ | prɑsən baə | if |
| ថ្ងៃ | tŋay | 1. day, daytime 2. sun |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| រលាក | rɔliek | 1. to be burned, blistered, irritated 2. to get a burn, get blistered 3. burn, blister, irritation (often corresponds to the suffix -itis in newly created medical terms) |
| ខ្មៅ | kmav | black, dark (colored) |
| ក្បែរ | kbae | to be near, close to |
| ជាច្រើន | cie craən | many, a lot, in abundance |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| រួច | ruəc | 1. to finish, end, achieve, complete 2. indicates the possibility of completing the action of the main verb, to be able 3. already, then, after that |
| បៃតង | baytɑɑŋ | color: green (e.g., as banana leaves) |
| អ្នកស្រែ | neak srae | farmer, rice farmer, person living on a farm, peasant, country person |
| រីឯ | rii ʔae | as for, regarding |
| អ្នកចំការ | neak cɑmkaa | farmer (of non-rice crops) |
| ស្វាយ | svaay | 1. mango 2. color: purple, violet, mauve |
| ល្ហុង | lhoŋ | papaya |
| រាល់ | roal | every, each, all |
| ទាំងអស់ | teaŋ ʔɑh | all, all of |
| តែងតែ | taeŋ tae | usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually |