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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| សំពះ | sɑmpeah | to salute by placing both hands together palm to palm in front of the chest with the fingers pointing upward (it is a gesture of respect when meeting someone or when leaving) |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ប្រពៃណី | prɑpeynii | tradition, custom |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| 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’ |
| របៀប | rɔbiəp | 1. method, system, order, arrangement, organization 2. style, way 3. rules |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| ទី | tii | 1. particle used to form ordinal numbers 2. spot, place, location 3. rank, function, service |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| រវាង | rɔvieŋ | 1. between 2. during |
| មិត្តភក្តិ | mɨt pʰeaʔ | friend Notes: ជើង ត (twice) |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| ទៅកាន់ | tɨv kan | to, toward |
| មនុស្ស | mɔnuh, meaʔnuh | human being, person |
| អាយុ | ʔaayuʔ | 1. to be ... years old 2. age |
| ឋានៈ | tʰaanaʔ | 1. grade, level, position, standing, status 2. duty 3. reason, motive, cause |
| តូច | touc, tuuc | 1. small, little, tiny 2. minor |
| 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} |
| 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) |
| ដាក់ | dak | 1. to put, place 2. to deposit 3. to add (ingredients) 4. to set (e.g., a trap) 5. to establish 6. to assign 7. to locate, settle, station 8. to lock up 9. to fasten 10. to use 11. to strike, hit hard 12. to affect 13. to subject someone to 14. to be hard hit, suffer a setback 15. to have bad luck, cause bad luck 16. to feel unwell, have an upset stomach (especially after eating certain fruits) 17. to contract for 18. to subscribe to 19. to renounce (a throne) 20. to put aside (religious vows) 21. in, into, on 22. to eat, drink 23. to kneel 24. command to an elephant to kneel by bending the rear legs |
| 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 |
| ផ្គុំ | pkum | 1. to group, assemble, bind/join together, connect, unite 2. to make up, comprise |
| ត្រឹម | trəm | 1. (precisely) at 2. up to, as far as 3. to be exact, accurate, precise, clear-cut 4. to be honest 5. to be true, correct, to be proper 6. accurately, precisely |
| ទ្រូង | truuŋ | 1. chest (of the body) 2. center, middle |
| 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!} |
| ខ្ពស់ | kpʊəh | high, tall |
| ចង្កា | cɑŋkaa | chin |
| ឪពុកម្ដាយ | ʔǝv puk mdaay | 1. parents 2. father and mother Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ជីដូនជីតា | cii doun cii taa | 1. grandparents 2. ancestors |
| គ្រូបង្រៀន | kruu bɑŋriən | teacher, instructor (in a school) |
| ច្រមុះ | crɑmoh | nose, snout |
| ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ | preah mɔhaaksat | king |
| ព្រះសង្ឃ | preah sɑŋ | 1. Buddhist monk 2. priest |
| ប្រជុំ | prɑcum | 1. to have a meeting 2. to gather, collect, assemble, unite, meet together 3. to flow together, join 4. meeting, gathering |
| ចិញ្ចើម | cəɲcaəm | 1. eyebrow 2. edge, border 3. curb, sidewalk, roadside |
| ព្រះ | preah | 1. Buddha, God, holy being 2. to be holy, sacred, divine 3. excellent, distinguished, superior (commonly used as a prefix before nominals referring to members of the royal family, Buddhist priests, the Buddha, God, and certain deified elements, such as earth and fire, where it serves as an honorific particle) |
| វត្ថុ | voattʰoʔ | 1. thing, object 2. matter, substance 3. wealth, property, place, farm, dwelling 4. reason, basis |
| ស័ក្ដិសិទ្ធិ | sak sət | sacred, holy Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ថ្ងាស | tŋah | forehead |