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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ប្រជាជន | prɑciecʊən | the people, the population |
| ខ្មែរ | kmae | Khmer, Cambodian |
| ជឿ | cɨə | 1. to believe, to trust (in) 2. to buy on credit |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| បុណ្យ | bon | 1. ceremony, celebration, festival 2. holiday 3. good deed, meritorious act, merit 4. the good, goodness, charity 5. dignity 6. rank, grade 7. promotion (in rank) 8. power (especially supernatural power) 9. influence |
| បាប | baap | 1. sin, evil 2. harm 3. to be sinful, bad, evil |
| 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 |
| 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} |
| ល្អ | lʔɑɑ | 1. good, nice, beautiful, pretty 2. correct, proper |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| 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)} |
| 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 |
| អាក្រក់ | ʔaakrɑk | 1. to be bad, mean 2. unattractive, ugly |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ប្រាប់ | prap | 1. to tell, say, state, inform, report 2. to explain 3. to point out |
| 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 |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| 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!} |
| មានន័យ | mien ney | to mean |
| អ្វី | ʔvəy | 1. what? 2. anything, something, nothing |
| 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!} |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| កំពុង | kɑmpuŋ | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| បំណង | bɑmnɑɑŋ | wish, desire, intention, aim |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| អំពើល្អ | ʔɑmpǝǝ lʔɑɑ | good deed |
| គួរតែ | kuə tae | ought to, should, it's right to |
| ស្ដាប់ | sdap | 1. to listen (to) 2. to obey 3. to understand (a spoken language) Notes: ជើង ដ |
| តាម | taam | 1. to follow, to agree, to go along {ដើរតាមភ្ញៀវគ្រប់ជំហាន = to follow the customer’s every step} 2. according to, in accordance with, following, along, by, through {តាមអាយុ = according to age} {តាមសម្រួល = take it easy/take your time} 3. on, in, along {ជិះម៉ូតូតាមផ្លូវ = to ride a motorbike on the street} {ជិះតាមផ្លូវតូចៗ = to drive on small roads} {នៅតាមខេត្ត = in/throughout the province} {លក់នៅតាមផ្សារ = to sell in the market} |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| កុំឲ្យ | kom ʔaoy | 1. in order that not ..., so as not to ... 2. don't let ... |
| កើត | kaət | 1. to be born, created 2. to be, become 3. to come into existence, arise, appear 4. to rise (of the sun) 5. to happen, occur 6. to give birth to 7. to have/suffer (from a disease), contract (an illness) 8. to be affected (by an emotion) 9. to succeed 10. to be possible 11. to be able 12. (the) east 13. eastern 14. period (or day) of the waxing moon (the days in the 15-day period between the new moon and the full moon) |
| 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’ |
| កំហុស | kɑmhoh | 1. error, fault, mistake, negligence 2. guilt, wrong |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| គ្រោះថ្នាក់ | krʊək tnak | 1. accident 2. danger, risk 3. to be dangerous |