Expressing pain — Expressions

តើជនជាតិខ្មែរនឹងលាន់មាត់ដូចម្ដេចក្នុងស្ថានភាពខាងលើ?
មុតដៃនឹងកាំបិត៖
— អ៊ូយ ឈឺ!
— អឺះ មុតដៃបណ្ដោយ!
— អឺះ ឈាមបាត់!

ឈឺពោះ៖
— អ៊ូយ ឈឺពោះអា!
— អ៊ូយ ម៉េចក៏ឈឺពោះម៉េះនៀក?

ឈឺក្បាល៖
— អ៊ូយ ឈឺក្បាលដល់ហើយ!
— អ៊ូយ ឈឺក្បាលចង់ប្រេះហើយនៀក!
— អ៊ូយ ម៉េចក៏ឈឺក្បាលម៉េះនៀក?

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Khmer	Pronunciation	English/Notes
តើ	taə	1. indicating an indirect question, it may often be translated as 'if' or 'whether' 2. phrase-final: used for emphasis
ជនជាតិ	cɔɔn ciet	1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality
ខ្មែរ	kmae	Khmer, Cambodian
នឹង	nɨŋ	future tense marker: will, about to
លាន់មាត់	loan moat	1. to exclaim (involuntarily), burst out (talking), make a slip of the tongue 2. to yell, howl 3. to express one's opinions frankly
ដូចម្ដេច	douc mdəc	1. how, why 2. however, in whatever way, whatever 3. what, what kind, like what 4. as, thus Notes: ជើង ដ
ក្នុង	knoŋ	1. in, inside 2. during + (time word)
ស្ថានភាព	stʰaanpʰiep	1. position 2. state of affairs, situation 3. condition, posture, attitude, pose, stance
ខាងលើ	kʰaaŋ lǝǝ	above, on, on top, upstairs
មុត	mut	1. to be sharp 2. to cut, pierce, stab 3. to be cut, stabbed 4. hard, tough, firm, brave
ដៃ	day	1. arm, hand 2. handle, lever, crank 3. branch (of a tree, bamboo, or a river), offshoot 4. tendril 5. trunk (of an elephant) 6. sleeve 7. steering wheel 8. clf. for handfuls of young rice plants/grass 9. clf. for slaps 10. command to an elephant not to move its trunk or not to pull up something with its trunk 11. clf. for a bunch of 10 areca nuts
នឹង	nɨŋ	with, by (means of), (attached) to
កាំបិត	kambət	knife
អ៊ូយ	ʔouy	1. exclamation of pain and other uncomfortable feelings 2. ouch!
ឈឺ	cʰɨɨ	to be sick, to hurt, to be in pain
អឺះ	ʔɨh	exclamation to express surprise etc. at a suddenly happening event
បណ្ដោយ	bɑndaoy	1. sentence-final: [with a condition mentioned earlier], the result will be ... {អត់បាន ... បណ្ដោយ = won't be able to …} {ក្ដៅបណ្ដោយ = it will be hot today} {ឆ្ងាញ់មាត់បណ្ដោយ = it will be delicious} 2. sentence-final: expressing disappointment or that something is unfortunate Notes: ជើង ដ
ឈាម	cʰiem	blood
បាត់	bat	1. to lose, to disappear 2. to stop, to be finished 3. already 4. sentence-final: expressing disappointment or that something is unfortunate
ឈឺពោះ	cʰɨɨ pʊəh	to have a stomach ache
អា	ʔaa	1. final particle used for emphasis 2. phrase-final or as an interjection: oh! ah! Notes: see also អា៎
ម៉េចក៏	məc kɑɑ	how come, how is it that, why is it that, why Notes: colloquial
ម៉េះ	meh	thus, so, in this way, this much Notes: spoken form of ម្ល៉េះ
នៀក	niək	spoken forms of នេះ = this Notes: colloquial
ឈឺក្បាល	cʰɨɨ kbaal	1. headache 2. to have a headache
ដល់ហើយ	dɑl haǝy	a lot, very, very much, extremely, really
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
ប្រេះ	preh	1. to crack, to split 2. cracking, cracked
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