Expressing joy — Cultural note

ការដើរលេងទៅរមណីយដ្ឋានមានធម្មជាតិ ហើយបរិភោគអាហារជុំគ្នា និង អង្គុយនិយាយគ្នាលេង គឺជាការកម្សាន្តមួយបែបនៅខ្មែរ។ វាដូចជាពិចនិចដែរ ប៉ុន្តែភាគច្រើនគេមិនយកអាហារខ្លួនឯងទៅទេ គឺបរិភោគអាហារដែលទិញនៅទីនោះតែម្ដង។ រមណីយដ្ឋាន មានដូចជា កៀនស្វាយ គីរីរម្យ ។ល។

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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)
ដើរលេង	daə leeŋ	1. to go for a walk/stroll 2. to travel, to go for a trip 3. to go out
ទៅ	tɨv	1. to go (away from the speaker in space or time), to go to/towards, go on, continue, advance, go away 2. towards 3. from now on, from then on (often used as a particle indicating that the action began at some point in the past or present and continued on into the future or that the action is directed away from the speaker) 4. imperative particle, go ahead and ...! {ញ៉ាំទៅ = Go ahead and eat/drink!}
រមណីយដ្ឋាន	reaʔmeaʔniiyeaʔtʰaan	resort area, tourist attraction
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’
ធម្មជាតិ	tʰoammeaʔciet, tʰoamʔciet	1. nature 2. natural laws 3. to be natural
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
បរិភោគ	bɑɑreʔpʰook	1. to consume, use up 2. to eat, have a meal 3. eating 4. consumption, usage
អាហារ	ʔaahaa	food, meal
ជុំគ្នា	cum knie	1. to unite, reunite, assemble 2. together
និង	nɨŋ	and
អង្គុយ	ʔɑŋkuy	to sit, to sit down
និយាយ	niʔyiey	to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss
គ្នា	knie	1. together 2. mutually, reciprocally 3. I/me/my (informal, intimate) 4. he/she/they/we (informal, intimate) 5. assistant, helper, colleague 6. friend, companion 7. people 8. clf. for persons
លេង	leeŋ	1. to play 2. to do something for fun or pleasure 3. to joke
គឺ	kɨɨ	1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely
ជា	cie	1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines)
កម្សាន្ត	kɑmsaan	to relax, rest, to enjoy oneself {ទូកកម្សាន្ត = tourist boat} Notes: ជើង ត; alternative spelling: កំសាន្ត; root: ក្សាន្ត
មួយ	muəy	1. one {មួយៗ = one by one} 2. one person/myself {សុំចេញមួយ = Please let me [go] out!} {សុំទៅមួយ = Please give way [for me one person]!} {សុំចុះមួយ = Please let me [one person] get off [the bus]!}
បែប	baep	kind, sort, model, type, style, form, shape, method, way
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?}
ខ្មែរ	kmae	Khmer, Cambodian
វា	vie	1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous)
ដូចជា	douc cie	such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance
ពិចនិច	pɨcnɨc	picnic
ដែរ	dae	1. also, too, likewise, in the same way 2. indeed, quite, rather 3. marks a polite, gentler, less abrupt statement: all the same, even so, nevertheless
ប៉ុន្តែ	pontae	but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ
ភាគច្រើន	pʰiek craən	1. mostly 2. majority
គេ	kee	1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s)
មិន	mɨn	negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ)
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
ខ្លួនឯង	kluən ʔaeŋ	1. oneself 2. personally, on one's own, by oneself
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!}
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!}
ទិញ	tɨɲ	to buy
ទីនោះ	tii nuh	there, over there
តែម្ដង	tae mdɑɑŋ	1. immediately, at once, right away, directly 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: ជើង ដ
កៀនស្វាយ	kiən svaay	Kien Svay (a district of Kandal province)
គីរីរម្យ	kiiriirom	Kirirom (a national park in Kampong Speu and Koh Kong province)
។ល។	laʔ	etc., and so forth, and so on