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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ធីតា | tʰiidaa | female Cambodian name Notes: irregular pronunciation: ធីដា |
| មីង | miiŋ | 1. aunt (younger sister of either parent) 2. 2nd or 3rd person pronoun for a younger aunt or a step-mother 3. 2nd person pronoun for an older woman one does not know (one who is younger or appears to be younger than one's parents) |
| 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} |
| 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 |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| លាងចាន | lieŋ caan | to do/wash the dishes |
| មែន | mɛɛn | 1. to be real, true, accurate, to be right, correct, it is true 2. really, actually, indeed 3. as a question tag: [...], really? [...], right? |
| អ៊ើ | ʔəə | yes (used by older people replying to younger ones) Notes: colloquial |
| អា៎ | ʔaa | 1. final particle used for emphasis {ខ្ញុំសង្ឃឹមថាឈ្នះហើយហ្នឹងអា៎ = I had hoped they would win!} {សៀវភៅចាស់ៗហ្នឹងអា៎ = Just old books!} {ម្នាក់ឯងធ្ងន់អា៎ = It's too heavy for one alone!} {ម៉ោពិសាសិនម៉ោបង មានច្រើនអា៎ = Come and eat, there's more than enough!} 2. spoken form of ហើយ {អស់ចាខ្វៃអា៎? = You don't have any youtiao anymore?} 3. spoken form of ណាស់ = very, very much {ខ្ញុំឃ្លានអា៎ = I’m very hungry} 4. spoken form of ណា = particle to soften a statement, command or request |
| ចាំ | cam | 1. to wait (for) 2. to remember, to memorize, to know by heart 3. phrase-initial: I will [do ... for you very soon/now] {ចាំខ្ញុំយកឲ្យវិញបង = I’ll get it back for you} {ចាំខ្ញុំពន្យល់ពីរបៀបប្រើ = I’ll explain you how it works} {ចាំមើលណា = Let me see...} |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| លាង | lieŋ | 1. to wash, to clean (with a liquid) 2. to purify, to clear |
| ឆាប់ | cʰap | 1. quick, quickly, promptly, right away 2. in haste, urgently 3. soon 4. early |
| 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 |
| មិនបាច់ | mɨn bac | to not have to, not need to, to be not necessary {មិនបាច់ទេ = [that’s/it’s] not necessary} |
| អេ៎ | ʔee | 1. spoken form of the question particles ... អត់? or ... ទេ? 2. spoken form of the negation particle ទេ 3. hey! Notes: colloquial |
| ក្មួយ | kmuəy | 1. child of one's sibling, nephew, niece 2. affectionate term of address for young people of one's children's generation |
| នាំ | noam | 1. to bring, lead, take to, guide, take along 2. to cause, bring about/produce (a result) |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| ប្រឡាក់ | prɑlak | 1. dirty, soiled, stained 2. salty 3. to marinate, to salt (in order to preserve) |
| 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!} |
| 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!} |
| ទូរទស្សន៍ | tuureaʔtʊəh | TV |
| ចុះ | coh | phrase-final particle: mild imperative indicating permission {ញ៉ាំចុះ = Go ahead and eat!} |
| អត់អីអេ៎ | ʔɑt ʔəy ʔee | 1. it doesn't matter, it's all right 2. surely, certainly Notes: colloquial form of អត់អីទេ |
| 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 |
| តាស | taah | 1. particle in final position when giving a positive answer to a yes/no question {កន្លែងនេះអង្គុយបានអេ៎? ចា៎ស បានតាស។ = Can I sit here? Sure!} 2. particle in final position used to affirm the preceding {ល្អតាស! = Sounds good!} 3. particle in final position after a negative response: expresses that the preceding is a correction of what the other person has said {ធារីមែន? អត់ទេ ខ្ញុំកញ្ញាតាស។ = You’re ធារី, right? No, I’m កញ្ញា!} {ឯងទៅសាលាមែន? អត់ទេ ខ្ញុំទៅផ្សារតាស។ = You’re going to school, right? No, I’m going to the market!} Notes: colloquial; spoken form of ទេតើ |
| ឥឡូវ | ʔləv, ʔiʔləv, ʔəyləv | now, at the present time, at this time Notes: also written ឥលូវ |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ជូត | cuut | 1. to wipe (off), clean (off), dry (with a towel) 2. to dust 3. to rub, polish |
| ម៉េចដែរ | məc dae | 1. How is it? How is it going? 2. What's up? 3. How is that? What do you think about that? Notes: colloquial |
| អីចឹង | ʔəycəŋ | 1. like this, like that, in that way, then {គិតម៉េចទៅអីចឹង? = What are you going to do next?} {ធ្វើមុខអីអីចឹង? = Why are you making such a face?} 2. really? Notes: variant: អ៊ីចឹង |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| 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 |
| ក្រណាត់ | krɑnat | cloth, fabric |
| ចាន | caan | plate, bowl, dish |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ម៉ោ | mao | 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 Notes: spoken form of មក |
| បន្តុប | bɑntop | to pile on top of each other, heap up Notes: ជើង ត |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| គ្នា | knie | 1. together 2. mutually, reciprocally 3. I/me/my (informal, intimate) 4. he/she/they/we (informal, intimate) 5. assistant, helper, colleague 6. friend, companion 7. people 8. clf. for persons |
| សិន | sən | 1. [phrase-final] for now, for the time being, for a moment 2. [phrase-final] first Notes: polite final hortatory particle |
| រៀប | riəp | 1. to organize, put in order, arrange 2. to dress, adorn 3. to prepare, to get ready to 4. to be in order, neat 5. to marry (off), arrange a marriage 6. almost, (just) about (to) |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| រាវចាន | riev caan | bamboo or wood container for dishes, dish drainer |
| 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?} |
| ខាងក្នុង | kʰaaŋ knoŋ | 1. inside, within 2. interior, inner, internal Notes: also stand for 'inside the house' |
| ចា៎ស | caah | 1. yes (used by women) 2. often merely a polite word of acknowledgment, especially at the beginning of a sentence Notes: same as ចាស, but written with a diacritic to indicate high intonation |