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Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
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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 |
បុរស | boʔrɑh | man, male person |
ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
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)} |
បើក | baək | 1. to open {បើកប្រអប់ = to open a box} {បើកហាង = to open a shop} 2. to turn on (e.g., a light, faucet, radio) {បើកទឹកម៉ាស៊ីន = to turn on the water/faucet} 3. of the sun: to shine 4. to drive (an automobile), generally to operate a vehicle which is powered by an engine |
ភ្នែក | pnɛɛk | 1. eye 2. cell on the skin of a pineapple 3. future 4. to be next, forthcoming |
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 |
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!} |
ក្រុម | krom | group, team |
គ្រូពេទ្យ | kruu pɛɛt | medial doctor, medical practitioner Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
ព្យួរ | pyuə | 1. to hang, suspend 2. to allow to dangle 3. to postpone |
សេរ៉ូម | seeroum | serum |
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 |
អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
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 |
កំពុងតែ | kɑmpuŋ tae | to be in the process of (doing something) |
គេង | keeŋ | to lie down, to sleep |
លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
គ្រែ | krɛɛ | bed, couch |
ពេទ្យ | pɛɛt | 1. medical doctor, physician 2. medical 3. hospital Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
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 |
បត់ | bɑt | 1. to turn 2. to fold, bend, crease 3. to turn back/around, reverse direction 4. to veer 5. to bend/curve/wind (as a road) 6. to be winding, twisting 7. folding (as a pocket knife) |
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 |
ផ្នែក | pnaek | part, portion, section, division, department |
ខាងក្រោម | kʰaaŋ kraom | 1. below, underneath 2. at the bottom of 3. downstairs 4. southern |
ត្រង់ | trɑŋ | 1. straight, directly 2. exactly in (some spot) 3. upright, vertical 4. frank, honest, fair |
ធម្មតា | tʰoam meaʔ taa | 1. to be natural, habitual, usual, ordinary 2. usually, ordinarily |
ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
ខាងលើ | kʰaaŋ lǝǝ | above, on, on top, upstairs |
ចាប់ពី | cap pii | from, starting from |
ចង្កេះ | cɑŋkeh | hip, waist |
ដល់ | dɑl | 1. to reach, to attain, to arrive at 2. to, toward, up to, as far as, at, until |
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 |
ខ្ពស់ | kpʊəh | high, tall |
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} |
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 |
ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
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 |
ងាយស្រួល | ŋiey sruǝl | easy (e.g., to do, to use) |
គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
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} |
បែប | baep | kind, sort, model, type, style, form, shape, method, way |
ឈឺ | cʰɨɨ | to be sick, to hurt, to be in pain |
របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
យ៉ាង | yaaŋ | 1. kind, type, way, manner 2. clf. for kinds, types 3. pre-adjectival particle forming adverbial phrases {យ៉ាងខ្លី = briefly} 4. pre-adjectival particle, similar to ដ៏, used to connect an attributive to a noun, it often has a slight emphatic meaning: very |
ខ្លាំង | klaŋ | 1. to be strong, vigorous 2. loud 3. firm, sturdy 4. serious 5. strongly, vigorously, exceedingly |
ដោយសារតែ | daoy saa tae | because |
ដួល | duəl | to fall, to fall over, to collapse |
បោក | baok | 1. to beat (against a fixed object), smash, to slam, throw violently 2. to do the laundry, to wash clothes {បោកខោអាវ = to do the laundry, to wash clothes} 3. to launder, wash by beating 4. to overthrow 5. to throw oneself to the ground 6. to thresh 7. to cheat, dupe, swindle, trick |
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!} |
នឹង | nɨŋ | with, by (means of), (attached) to |
ថ្នល់ | tnɑl, knɑl | raised road or path |
ប៉ះទង្គិច | pah tʊəŋkɨc | 1. to clash, collide, bump into 2. to skirmish |
ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
ក្បែរ | kbae | to be near, close to |
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’ |
ទូរទស្សន៍ | tuureaʔtʊəh | TV |
ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
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]!} |
ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
ឧបករណ៍ | ʔuʔpaʔkɑɑ | 1. instrument, tool, implement, device 2. supplies, equipment 3. in general any instrument or means for achieving a purpose 4. part (of a mechanism) 5. assistance, aid, help, service, support, means of existence |
សម្រាប់ | sɑmrap | 1. for 2. used for, used to (make or do something) |
វាស់ | voah | 1. to measure (linear extent, i.e., length, width, height, or distance) 2. to exercise care 3. all, the whole of (the) 4. all of the way up to, until |
ចង្វាក់ | cɑŋvak | rhythm, beat, tempo, cadence (of music) |
បេះដូង | beh douŋ | 1. heart 2. soul |
ពេលខ្លះ | peel klah | sometimes |
ប្រសិនបើ | prɑsən baə | if |
ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ | tŋʊən tŋɔɔ | 1. to be serious, grave, heavy 2. to be patient, perseverant 3. to endure, bear up well under hardship |
អ្នកជំងឺ | neak cumŋɨɨ | patient, sick person |
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) |
ជានិច្ច | cie nɨc | always |
ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
ប្រាកដ | prakɑt | 1. clearly, certainly, without fail, precisely 2. certain, true, exact 3. famous, celebrated |
ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
ដើរ | daə | 1. to walk, to go, to move 2. (of machines) to run |
ជីវិត | ciivɨt | life, living, existence |
រស់នៅ | rʊəh nɨv | to live, exist, survive |
លែង | lɛɛŋ | to stop, quit, leave, let go, release, set free |
លោត | loot | 1. to jump, to spring, to leap 2. animal: to run swiftly 3. to surpass (all others, in wealth or position) 4. to be over excited (with joy or anger) 5. to display {លោតលេខ = to display a number [e.g., on a screen or monitor]} |
អំពី | ʔɑmpii | 1. about, concerning, relative to 2. from, out of {អំពីថ្ងៃនេះទៅ = from this day on} |
បានន័យថា | baan ney tʰaa | 1. that means, in other words 2. to mean |
បាត់បង់ជីវិត | bat bɑŋ ciivɨt | 1. to die 2. to be killed 3. to lose one's life |
ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
ស្លាប់ | slap | 1. to die 2. dead |
សង្គ្រោះ | sɑŋkrʊəh | 1. to help, save, rescue 2. to resuscitate 3. to support 4. help, saving, support, assistance 5. to be included |
បន្ទាន់ | bɑntoan | 1. to hurry, make haste 2. to rush, speed up, hurry someone up 3. do with urgency 4. to be pressing, urgent, immediate Notes: root: ទាន់ |
តែងតែ | taeŋ tae | usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually |
រស់ | rʊəh | 1. to be alive 2. to live, to exist 3. to survive |
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 |
បង្គោល | bɑŋkool | post, pole |
ដប | dɑɑp | bottle, jar |
បំបាត់ | bɑmbat | 1. to eliminate, abolish 2. to remove, cause to disappear 3. to allay (hunger) 4. to stop, cease 5. to cheat, swindle, trick 6. to appropriate, seize, annex |
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) |
ឈឺចាប់ | cʰɨɨ cap | 1. to be sick, ill 2. to feel acute pain, hurt, suffer 3. to be hurt (physically or mentally) |
ថ្នាំស្ពឹក | tnam spɨk | local anesthetic |
ថ្នាំសន្លប់ | tnam sɑnlɑp | anesthetic, sedative |
គ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍ | krʊək tnak cɑraacɑɑ | 1. road accident 2. to have a road accident |
ការវះកាត់ | kaa veah kat | surgical operation |
កុំឲ្យ | kom ʔaoy | 1. in order that not ..., so as not to ... 2. don't let ... |
ប្រើប្រាស់ | praə prah | to use |
ថ្នាំ | tnam | 1. medicine 2. herb, tobacco 3. paint |
ម្យ៉ាង | myaaŋ | one kind/category/way/method (contraction of មួយយ៉ាង ) Notes: also written ម៉្យាង |
ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
អារម្មណ៍ | ʔaarɑm | feelings, mood, attitude, impression |
ចាក់ | cak | 1. to stab, pierce (with a pointed instrument) 2. to pour (a liquid) 3. to play (a record or tape) |
កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
ទោះបីជា | tʊəh bəy cie | although, even though |
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 |
កាំបិត | kambət | knife |
ម្ជុល | mcul | needle (for sewing, knitting, or giving injections), pin |
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 |
វះ | veah | 1. to cut (open), slit, make an incision 2. to operate (on), perform surgery 3. to disembowel |
ក៏ដោយ | kɑɑ daoy | 1. (who)soever, (what)soever 2. whether or not, it makes no difference, even if 3. even though, although |
អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
ដែរ | dae | 1. also, too, likewise, in the same way 2. indeed, quite, rather 3. marks a polite, gentler, less abrupt statement: all the same, even so, nevertheless |
ធំ | tʰom | to be big, tall, vast, important Notes: irregular pronunciation |
ប្រើ | praə | to use |
សន្លប់ | sɑnlɑp | 1. to lose consciousness, pass out, faint 2. to be unconscious, in a coma |
ដឹងខ្លួន | dəŋ kluən | 1. to understand, comprehend, feel, realize, imagine, conceive 2. to be aware, be conscious, be alert |
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!} |
អត់សូវ | ʔɑt səv | 1. not so much 2. rather not |