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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| កញ្ញា | kaɲɲaa | female Cambodian name |
| ណារី | naarii | female Cambodian name |
| ម៉េច | məc | what (following a verb of saying), why, in what way/manner, how {ម៉េចហើយ?/ម៉េចអី? = What's up?} {[…] ម៉េចទៅ? = In what way […]?} {ថាម៉េចចៅ? = What are you saying, grand-daughter?} {បងចង់បានម៉ូតម៉េច? = What kind of design/fashion do you like?} |
| 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 |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| សប្បាយចិត្ត | sapbaay cət | 1. to be content, satisfied, happy 2. to enjoy 3. happy feeling Notes: ជើង ត |
| រឿង | rɨəŋ | 1. story, novel 2. cause, case, event, conflict |
| ទើបតែ | təəp tae | just |
| 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) |
| ប៉ូលិស | poulih | police |
| ផាក | pʰaak | 1. fine 2. to fine, to penalize |
| ម៉េចចឹង | məc cəŋ | as a question: why?, why is that? Notes: colloquial |
| ហ្នឹង | nɨŋ | this, that, right here, right now (colloquial form of នេះ = this, that) |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ខ្ញុំ | kɲom | I |
| 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) |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| ភ្លើង | pləəŋ | 1. fire (and, by extension, any substance which has a burning taste or effect) 2. flame 3. light, flare 4. electricity |
| កំពុង | kɑmpuŋ | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| ក្រហម | krɑhɑɑm | color: red |
| តាមពិត | taam pɨt | in fact, in reality, actually |
| 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 |
| ខៀវ | kʰiəv | blue, green (generally covering the spectrum of colors which includes blues and greens) |
| សោះ | sɑh | 1. final particle: (in negative clauses) at all, in the least, completely, utterly, absolutely, finally 2. to be completely out of 3. to be empty, devoid of content 4. to be tasteless, insipid, flavorless, lifeless 5. tired, exhausted 6. pale, anemic 7. it’s just … {សំឡេងទូរស័ព្ទសោះ = it’s just the sound of the phone} |
| 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 |
| គួរឲ្យ | kuə ʔaoy | 1. worthy of, ...-able 2. one should |
| ខឹង | kʰəŋ | to be angry |
| មែនទែន | mɛɛn tɛɛn | 1. really, truly, surely, in fact, as it should be, certainly 2. seriously, actually |
| ម៉ង | mɑɑŋ | 1. immediately, at once, right away 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: spoken form of តែម្ដង |
| អស់ | ʔɑh | 1. to consume, use up, run low/short (of something) {អស់ហើយ = [a product, food etc.] finished/sold out} 2. to end, finish, terminate, come to an end 3. entirety, completeness, wholeness 4. to be complete, whole 5. entirely, completely 6. all (of), the whole (of) 7. to have to spend {អស់ម៉ាម៉ឺនទទេ = I had to pay 10’000 for no reason!} |
| ម៉ា | maa | one Notes: spoken form of មួយ (contraction) |
| ម៉ឺន | məɨn | ten thousand |
| ទទេ | tɔtee | 1. to be empty, vacant 2. to be free, idle 3. to be gratis, free of charge 4. to be bare, naked, unadorned 5. to be alone, all by oneself 6. for no reason {អស់ម៉ាម៉ឺនទទេ = I had to pay 10’000 for no reason!} |