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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| បន្ទាប់មក | bɑntoap mɔɔk | next, then, afterwards, later |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| រូបភាព | ruup pʰiep | 1. image, picture, drawing, photo 2. appearance, form, shape |
| ទី | tii | 1. particle used to form ordinal numbers 2. spot, place, location 3. rank, function, service |
| 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?} |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| យើង | yəəŋ | 1. we 2. I (familiar) 3. in final position used to refer to 'our Cambodian ...' {ទុរេនកំពតយើងមែន? = Kampot durian (from our country, Cambodia), right?} |
| ឃើញ | kʰəəɲ | 1. to see, to perceive 2. to understand, to recognize 3. គិត ... ឃើញ = to find a solution, figure out, solve 4. to come to a conclusion, realize, understand |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| បន្ទាប់ពី | bɑntoap pii | after, next |
| អ្នកដំណើរ | neak dɑmnaə | traveller |
| ឡើង | laəŋ | 1. to go up, ascend 2. (of aircraft) to take off 3. to rise, get up 4. to climb 5. to get on/board (a means of transport) 6. to go upstream 7. to ferment, rise (of dough) 8. to increase 9. up, upwards 10. upstream 11. increasingly 12. on 13. often occurs as a verb complement in various meanings |
| ពេញ | pɨɲ | 1. to be complete, full, filled up 2. to fill up 3. to be sufficient, satisfied, whole, entire |
| ទូក | tuuk | boat, sampan, canoe, (especially boats without motors) |
| 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 |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| ចាប់ផ្ដើម | cap pdaəm | to begin, start Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ចេញដំណើរ | cəɲ dɑmnaə | to depart |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| 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 |
| ប្រហែល | prɑhael | 1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| ជិះ | cih | to ride (in or on a car, horse, boat, plane, train) |
| 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} |
| ដងទន្លេ | dɑɑŋ tʊənlee | body, course, length of a river |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| វែង | vɛɛŋ | long, tall |
| 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’ |
| មនុស្ស | mɔnuh, meaʔnuh | human being, person |
| ជាច្រើន | cie craən | many, a lot, in abundance |
| កំពុងតែ | kɑmpuŋ tae | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| អង្គុយ | ʔɑŋkuy | to sit, to sit down |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| 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!} |
| ក្មេង | kmeeŋ | 1. child, young person 2. young |
| ចាស់ | cah | 1. old, mature 2. (of colors) to be intense, dark, (of seasonings) to be strong, excessive, (of fruits) to be almost ripe |
| ស្រី | srəy | woman, female |
| ប្រុស | proh | man, male |
| ដំបូល | dɑmboul | 1. roof 2. top, cover |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| ពីរ | pii, pɨl | two |
| ជាន់ | coan | 1. floor, story, level, stage, class, status 2. to step on, trample on, walk on 3. of events: to overlap 4. to dominate, to control, administer, be in charge of 5. to pound (grain in a mortar using a foot-powered pestle) 6. to strike repeatedly 7. (of animals) to mount/mate with 8. surrounding wall, fortification 9. period of time 10. (especially of an evil spirit or bad influence) to possess, take possession of |
| បានន័យថា | baan ney tʰaa | 1. that means, in other words 2. to mean |
| 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]!} |
| ទាប | tiep | low (of height or class) |
| ខាងក្រោយ | kʰaaŋ kraoy | behind, in the back |
| ខ្ពស់ | kpʊəh | high, tall |
| ទាំង | teaŋ | 1. all, both {ទាំងពីរ = both} {ទាំង ... ទាំង ... = both ... and ...} 2. entirely, completely 3. adverb marker equivalent to ដោយ |
| ដោត | daot | 1. to plant, to stick up, to push in 2. to put on a spit, to skewer, to put on a line |
| ទង់ជាតិ | tʊəŋ ciet | national flag |
| ជាទូទៅ | cie tuu təv | in general, as a whole, generally |
| នីមួយៗ | niimuəy niimuəy | each, each one, every one, various, all |
| តែងតែ | taeŋ tae | usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| សម្គាល់ | sɑmkoal | 1. to remark, notice, observe, point out 2. mark, sign, indication, symptom Notes: also written សំគាល់ |
| តើ | taə | 1. indicating an indirect question, it may often be translated as 'if' or 'whether' 2. phrase-final: used for emphasis |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ប្រទេស | prɑteeh | country, nation |
| ណា | naa | 1. which, any 2. where, somewhere, anywhere |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| ពេលខ្លះ | peel klah | sometimes |
| 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) |
| ដឹកជញ្ជូន | dək cʊəɲcuun | to transport |
| អីវ៉ាន់ | ʔəyvan | objects, things, merchandise, goods, baggage |
| អាច | ʔaac | 1. to be able/qualified (to do something), capable of (doing something) 2. to be possible 3. to be in condition (to), be in a position (to) 4. to dare to |
| ធ្វើដំណើរ | tvəə dɑmnaə | to make a trip, travel |
| ផ្លូវទឹក | pləv tɨk | waterway(s) |
| ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| ដឹង | dəŋ | 1. to know, to be aware of, to be familiar with 2. [colloquial] can be used in the affirmative or, as an answer to a question, to mean ‘no’ {ដឹងហើយ = ok!} {ឯងដឹងថាគាត់ទៅណាអត់? ដឹង! = Do you know where he went to? No, I don’t.} |
| 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 |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| ជាក់ស្ដែង | ceak sdaeŋ | 1. clear, sure 2. clearly, surely, obviously Notes: ជើង ដ |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| 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!} |
| ដោយសារតែ | daoy saa tae | because |
| ជួប | cuəp | to meet (especially intentionally) |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | with, by (means of), (attached) to |
| រលក | rɔlɔɔk | wave, ripple |
| ទឹក | tɨk | 1. water, juice, liquid 2. round (e.g., of a boxing match) |
| មិនថា | mɨn tʰaa | 1. it doesn't matter 2. in spite of, regardless of |
| ទឹកទន្លេ | tɨk tʊənlee | river (larger than ស្ទឹង) |
| សមុទ្រ | saʔmot | sea, ocean Notes: alternative spelling: សមុទ្ទ |
| 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!} |
| គ្រាន់តែ | kroan tae | just, only, only just |
| 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} |
| តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ | tae ponnɑh | only, only that much |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| កាត់ | kat | 1. to cut, slice, slit 2. to divide, detach 3. to penetrate, pass through, cut through/across, take a short cut 4. to interrupt 5. to solve, untangle 6. to settle (a matter) 7. to decide (a legal case) 8. to ignite, catch/start (of a fire) 9. to be hybrid, of mixed blood or ethnic origin 10. across, through 11. briefly 12. to set, to fix, to judge |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| ឃ្លោង | klooŋ | 1. rocking, shaky, balancing, swinging (boat) 2. to sway, roll, pitch (of a boat) |
| ពាក្យ | piek | word, term, expression, phrase |
| ផ្អៀង | pʔiəŋ | 1. to lean, tilt, incline to one side 2. to be leaning, inclined, sloping |
| ម្ដង | mdɑɑŋ | 1. one time, once 2. for a change Notes: ជើង ដ; contraction of មួយដង |
| ឆ្វេង | cveeŋ | left, to the left, on the left |
| ស្ដាំ | sdam | right, to the right, on the right Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ចុះ | coh | 1. to move downwards, descend, go down, get down, dismount 2. get off/out of 3. to go downstream 4. (of rain) to fall 5. (of fog/mist) to appear 6. to flow, run 7. to decrease, diminish 8. to lower a price, to give a discount 9. to submit, give up, comply 10. down (adverbial denoting movement downwards physically, in status or class, or in price) 11. downstream 12. to register, sign 13. to make an entry, record 14. to formalize 15. to conduct, carry out (e.g., an investigation) 16. to relax 17. to release 18. to be dated (with a calendrical date) 19. to work something out 20. to have diarrhea |
| ក្រោម | kraom | 1. below, beneath, under 2. to be located below, under 3. to be located to the south/downstream |
| ទៅតាម | tɨv taam | 1. by, according to, through {គេគិតតម្លៃទៅតាមគីឡូ = they’re charging by the kilo} 2. to pursue, go after, go along with 3. to send for 4. to retrieve |
| ចង្វាក់ | cɑŋvak | rhythm, beat, tempo, cadence (of music) |
| នៃ | ney | 1. of, belonging to (more literary and formal than របស់) 2. links verb and its object |
| ទឹករលក | tɨk rɔlɔɔk | rippling or undulating water |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | to be fixed, steady, firm, stable, still, stagnant, unchanging, to be balanced, in equilibrium |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| 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 |
| បះ | bah | 1. to stand up, rise, become erect (as a dog's tail) 2. to ride up on one side (and down on the other) 3. uneven, warped, having one side lower than the other |
| មុជ | muc | 1. to submerge, to dive (in water), to dive and swim, to bathe {មុជទឹក = to take a shower or bath} 2. to bend over in order to pass under something, enter some place by crawling under something (e.g., a fence) |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| លំនឹង | lumnɨŋ | physical stability, balance, equilibrium |
| បាត់បង់ | bat bɑŋ | 1. to lose 2. to disappear, vanish, be missing/lost 3. to die |
| ត្រូវតែ | trəv tae | have to, must, should, ought to |
| ប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន | proŋ prɑyat | to be careful, be on the alert, be vigilant, be aware of |
| ជានិច្ច | cie nɨc | always |
| តោង | taoŋ | 1. to hang on to, catch hold of, to cling to/stick to 2. should, ought to, must, have to |
| ជាប់ | coap | 1. to link together 2. to stick to, adhere to 3. to hold on 4. to find oneself in (a situation) {ជាប់ផុងក្នុងភក់ = [of a car] to get bogged down in the mud} 5. to be fastened, joined, attached 6. to be (firmly) connected or linked (to) 7. to be adjacent (to) {៣ ឆ្នាំជាប់គ្នា = three years in a row} 8. to be caught 9. to be associated with 10. to be occupied (with), very busy (with), deeply involved (in) {ខ្ញុំជាប់មានការរវល់បន្តិច = I'm a bit busy} 11. to be a heavy ... (e.g., drinker, smoker) 12. to be addicted to something 13. adjacent to, next to 14. to undergo 15. to pass (an examination) {ខ្ញុំសម្ភាសន៍ការងារជាប់ហើយ! = I’ve passed the job interview!} 16. to be durable 17. firm 18. tenacious 19. tenaciously 20. incessantly, constantly, always |
| ជាពិសេស | cie piʔseeh | especially |
| ប្រលែង | prɑlaeŋ | 1. to abandon, to separate 2. to play, to play together 3. to tease, to plague, to torment playfully Notes: also written ប្រឡែង |
| រត់ | rʊət | 1. to run (away), flee, escape 2. to run/function well 3. to coincide 4. to work out 5. to work as a runner/motorcycle taxi/rickshaw driver 6. to be fast 7. to be fluent |
| ផ្ដេសផ្ដាស | pdeeh pdaah | 1. to be pernicious, lazy 2. ridiculous, silly 3. useless 4. careless, irresponsible 5. disorderly, confused, in a disorderly manner 6. carelessly without thinking Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ប្រសិនបើ | prɑsən baə | if |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| គ្រោះថ្នាក់ | krʊək tnak | 1. accident 2. danger, risk 3. to be dangerous |
| ដួល | duəl | to fall, to fall over, to collapse |
| ខ្លាំង | klaŋ | 1. to be strong, vigorous 2. loud 3. firm, sturdy 4. serious 5. strongly, vigorously, exceedingly |
| ធ្លាក់ | tleak | 1. to fall, to fall down 2. to fail (an examination) |
| 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)} |
| ចេះ | ceh | 1. to know (how to do something), to be able to 2. to be used to, accustomed to 3. to keep on doing something 4. constantly, always, incessantly 5. to be learned, intelligent, smart, cunning |
| ហែលទឹក | hael tɨk | to swim |
| លង់ | lʊəŋ | 1. to drown 2. to submerge, to sink |
| ស្លាប់ | slap | 1. to die 2. dead |
| ដល់ | dɑl | 1. to reach, to attain, to arrive at 2. to, toward, up to, as far as, at, until |
| ជីវិត | ciivɨt | life, living, existence |
| ណាស់ | nah | very, very much |
| លិច | lɨc | 1. to sink, disappear (into) 2. to set (e.g., of the sun) 3. to dwindle 4. to submerge/sink something, immerse 5. to flood, cover with water |