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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| ធ្វើការ | tvəə kaa | to work |
| យឺត | yɨɨt | 1. to be slow, late 2. to stretch, to be elastic |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| ម៉ោង | maoŋ | 1. hour 2. o'clock 3. clock, time {សប្បាយពេកភ្លេចមើលម៉ោង = it was so much fun that I forgot to watch the clock} {គាត់សល់ម៉ោងច្រើនដែរ = she still has a lot of time} |
| ណាត់ | nat | 1. to determine, fix (a time for something), set/schedule (an appointment) {ខ្ញុំមានណាត់ហើយ = I’ve got an appointment already} 2. to promise, stand by (an agreement), commit oneself 3. clf. for gunshots |
| កើតឡើង | kaət laəŋ | to happen, occur |
| ញឹកញាប់ | ɲɨk ɲoap | 1. repeatedly, many times 2. often, frequently, on many occasions |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ទម្លាប់ | tumloap | 1. habit, custom 2. to make a habit of, to be accustomed to |
| អាក្រក់ | ʔaakrɑk | 1. to be bad, mean 2. unattractive, ugly |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ជនជាតិ | cɔɔn ciet | 1. citizen, people {ជនជាតិខ្មែរ = Khmer people} 2. nationality |
| នាឡិកា | nieleʔkaa | 1. clock, watch 2. hour |
| ទាំងអស់ | teaŋ ʔɑh | all, all of |
| ប្រទេស | prɑteeh | country, nation |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ចង្អុល | cɑŋʔol | 1. to point directly at, indicate, point out, show (by pointing) 2. to confirm |
| ដូចគ្នា | douc knie | 1. to be alike, like, just as, like each other, same, the same kind of thing, such as 2. + នឹង: to resemble 3. as a response to a good wish etc.: same to you |
| បេះបិទ | beh bət | closely resembling, nearly identical |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| 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!} |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ខុសគ្នា | kʰoh knie | 1. to be different from one another 2. incorrect |
| ប្រហែល | prɑhael | 1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps |
| 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!} |
| នាទី | nietii | 1. minute 2. domain, scope, jurisdiction 3. role, function, duty, area of concern, business 4. rank |
| រីឯ | rii ʔae | as for, regarding |
| ជប៉ុន | ceaʔpon | 1. Japan 2. Japanese |
| គ្រប់ | krup | 1. all of, every 2. to be enough, complete, whole, entire 3. to rule, administer, govern 4. to manage 5. to take care of 6. to regulate |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |