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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| តួ | tuə | 1. body, chassis 2. matter, substance 3. base, foundation 4. character/part (in a play) 5. actor, performer 6. letter (of the alphabet) 7. clf. for letters of the alphabet 8. slave 9. receipt for merchandise containing a description of the merchandise 10. permit to remove merchandise from a warehouse 11. bill of sale |
| អក្សរ | ʔaksɑɑ | 1. letter (of the alphabet) 2. script, alphabet 3. written language 4. writing |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| កើតឡើង | kaət laəŋ | to happen, occur |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| 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) |
| ផ្គុំ | pkum | 1. to group, assemble, bind/join together, connect, unite 2. to make up, comprise |
| ព្យញ្ជនៈ | pyʊəɲceaʔneaʔ | 1. consonant 2. any kind of prepared food except soups |
| ស្រៈ | sraʔ | vowel |
| 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 |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| សញ្ញា | saɲɲaa | 1. sign, symbol 2. mark (e.g., punctuation) 3. signal, notice 4. to agree, give consent 5. to promise, give one's word Notes: see also សន្យា |
| ផ្សេង | pseeŋ | to differ, to be different (from each other), to be separate |
| ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| 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’ |
| សំឡេង | sɑmleeŋ | voice, sound Notes: also written សំលេង |
| 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) |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| អាន | ʔaan | 1. to read, to read aloud, to pronounce 2. to sharpen, to whet 3. saddle (for horses, especially of leather or wood) |
| 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!} |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| រ | rɔɔ | 27th consonant of the Khmer alphabet |
| ជាដើម | cie daəm | 1. for example, for instance 2. as above, as listed (or given) above 3. first of all, first and foremost |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| សូម្បី | soumbəy | 1. even, even if, in spite of 2. although |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| លំបាក | lumbaak | 1. to be difficult, hard to do 2. unfortunate, ill-fated, miserable, suffering 3. difficulty, scarcity, misery, suffering |
| ចងចាំ | cɑɑŋ cam | to remember, retain, hold on to, be nostalgic about |
| អក្ខរាវិរុទ្ធ | ʔakkʰaʔraa viʔrut | orthography, spelling |
| ទាំងអស់ | teaŋ ʔɑh | all, all of |
| ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| ប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន | proŋ prɑyat | to be careful, be on the alert, be vigilant, be aware of |
| សរសេរ | sɑɑ see | to write |
| ឈ្មោះ | cmʊəh | 1. name 2. to be named/called |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| 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 |
| ពាក្យសូរដូច | piek sou douc | homophone (words with the same pronunciation but different spellings) |