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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| 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]!} |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ហត់ | hɑt | 1. to be tired, weary 2. to be breathless, out of breath, to be panting, puffing |
| កាយ | kaay | 1. to scrape, scratch 2. body (formal) |
| កុំឲ្យតែ | kom ʔaoy tae | so long as one does not ..., so long as there is even ... |
| ចិត្ត | cət | feeling, heart (as the seat of emotion), will (power), intention, thought, opinion Notes: ជើង ត |
| មានន័យ | mien ney | to mean |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| អស់កម្លាំង | ʔɑh kɑmlaŋ | to be tired, exhausted, weak |
| ខាង | kʰaaŋ | 1. side, part 2. direction 3. pertaining to, with regard to |
| ផ្លូវ | pləv | 1. road, street, route 2. way, style, cause, matter |
| ដោយសារតែ | daoy saa tae | because |
| 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’ |
| ការងារ | kaaŋie | job, work, profession, duty, task |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| 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) |
| 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!} |
| កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| រវល់ | rɔvʊəl | busy, occupied |
| ខ្លាំង | klaŋ | 1. to be strong, vigorous 2. loud 3. firm, sturdy 4. serious 5. strongly, vigorously, exceedingly |
| រីឯ | rii ʔae | as for, regarding |
| មិនសូវ | mɨn səv | 1. not so much 2. rather not |
| ចំណាយ | cɑmnaay | 1. expenditure, expenses, spending 2. to spend |
| កម្លាំង | kɑmlaŋ | force, power, strength, energy, vigor, authority, influence Notes: root: ខ្លាំង; also written កំឡាំង |
| 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 |
| 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!} |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| ដោយសារ | daoy saa | 1. because of, thanks to 2. depending on |
| បញ្ហា | baɲhaa, paɲhaa | problem, difficulty, matter, question, issue |
| ទំនាក់ទំនង | tumneak tumnɔɔŋ | 1. relation(ship), liaison 2. correlation 3. appearance |
| មនុស្ស | mɔnuh, meaʔnuh | human being, person |
| 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) |
| ព្រួយបារម្ភ | pruəy baarɑm | to be worried, sad |
| ជាច្រើន | cie craən | many, a lot, in abundance |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| 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 |
| សប្បាយ | sapbaay | 1. happy, pleasant, fun 2. kind, beneficial, healthy |
| រីករាយ | riik riey | to be happy, glad, enthusiastic |
| 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)} |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| 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?} |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| 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 |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| សុខចិត្ត | sok cət | 1. to be willing, satisfied 2. to agree/consent to 3. to prefer to 4. would rather 5. willingly, with pleasure Notes: ជើង ត |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| ទទួល | tɔtuəl | 1. to receive, to take 2. to accept, to agree 3. to meet (e.g., at an airport or station) |
| សប្បាយចិត្ត | sapbaay cət | 1. to be content, satisfied, happy 2. to enjoy 3. happy feeling Notes: ជើង ត |
| មន្ទិល | mʊəntɨl | 1. to suspect, doubt, be suspicious 2. doubt, suspicion 3. impression 4. garbage, refuse 5. baseness, vileness 6. impurity |
| អ្វី | ʔvəy | 1. what? 2. anything, something, nothing |
| ជាប់ | coap | 1. to link together 2. to stick to, adhere to 3. to hold on 4. to find oneself in (a situation) {ជាប់ផុងក្នុងភក់ = [of a car] to get bogged down in the mud} 5. to be fastened, joined, attached 6. to be (firmly) connected or linked (to) 7. to be adjacent (to) {៣ ឆ្នាំជាប់គ្នា = three years in a row} 8. to be caught 9. to be associated with 10. to be occupied (with), very busy (with), deeply involved (in) {ខ្ញុំជាប់មានការរវល់បន្តិច = I'm a bit busy} 11. to be a heavy ... (e.g., drinker, smoker) 12. to be addicted to something 13. adjacent to, next to 14. to undergo 15. to pass (an examination) {ខ្ញុំសម្ភាសន៍ការងារជាប់ហើយ! = I’ve passed the job interview!} 16. to be durable 17. firm 18. tenacious 19. tenaciously 20. incessantly, constantly, always |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |