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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ប្រជាជន | prɑciecʊən | the people, the population |
| 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’ |
| ជំនឿ | cumnɨə | 1. belief, faith 2. conviction Notes: root: ជឿ |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនា | preah put saasnaa | Buddhism |
| 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 |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| 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]!} |
| 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) |
| ចងចាំ | cɑɑŋ cam | to remember, retain, hold on to, be nostalgic about |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ពាក្យសំដី | piek sɑmdəy | words, speech |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ព្រះពុទ្ធ | preah put | Buddha |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| រូប | ruup | 1. image, picture, body, figure, shape, portrait, statue 2. clf. for respected people, monks, pictures, statues |
| ទុក្ខ | tuk, tukkʰaʔ | 1. suffering, pain 2. grief, sadness, sorrow |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| មានន័យ | mien ney | to mean |
| 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 |
| មនុស្ស | mɔnuh, meaʔnuh | human being, person |
| 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) |
| មក | mɔɔk | 1. to come (toward the speaker in space or time) 2. to come to/towards (often used as a final particle indicating that the action began at some point in the past and continued up to the present) 3. (from then) on, (from that time) forth 4. to, toward |
| រូបរាង | ruup rieŋ | figure, form, shape, body, appearance, structure |
| តម្រូវការ | tɑmrəv kaa | requirement Notes: source: glosbe.com |
| ជាច្រើន | cie craən | many, a lot, in abundance |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| 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 |
| រស់រាន | rʊəh rien | 1. to be long-existing 2. to live long |
| ឲ្យ | ʔaoy | 1. to give 2. to let, to allow 3. for, to, in order to, so as to {ចង់ឲ្យខ្ញុំកុម្ម៉ង់អីញ៉ាំឲ្យហើយអត់? = Do you want me to order something for you already?} 4. in a... manner (forms adverbial phrases from predicatives) Notes: also written អោយ, ឱ្យ |
| 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)} |
| សប្បាយ | sapbaay | 1. happy, pleasant, fun 2. kind, beneficial, healthy |
| រីករាយ | riik riey | to be happy, glad, enthusiastic |
| ចំណង់ | cɑmnɑŋ | 1. desire, intention, tendency, wish, inclination 2. whim |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| សម្រេច | sɑmrac | 1. to have done, to finish, to accomplish, to achieve 2. decision, conclusion 3. to decide, conclude Notes: also written សំរេច |
| ដូច | douc | alike, similar, like, as |
| ក្តី | kdəy | 1. affair, case, matter 2. argument, debate, complaint 3. court action 4. trial, legal proceeding, lawsuit, litigation 5. I (used by Buddhist monks) Notes: ជើង ត, pronunciation: ជើង ដ |
| បំណង | bɑmnɑɑŋ | wish, desire, intention, aim |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| ចាប់ផ្ដើម | cap pdaəm | to begin, start Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| ទូន្មាន | tuunmien, tuulmien | 1. to advise, counsel, guide, direct 2. to train 3. to remind |
| បំបាត់ | bɑmbat | 1. to eliminate, abolish 2. to remove, cause to disappear 3. to allay (hunger) 4. to stop, cease 5. to cheat, swindle, trick 6. to appropriate, seize, annex |
| នូវ | nɨv | 1. marker of the direct object, especially in written, literary language 2. with, and, and also, along with, by means of |
| 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) |
| កើតឡើង | kaət laəŋ | to happen, occur |
| ឡើយ | laəy | 1. at all, absolutely 2. generally used with the negative particles កុំ, គ្មាន, ពុំ, មិន, ឥត, to express the idea of incompleted action, existence or progressing action |