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Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
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ចូល | coul | 1. to enter, go in, penetrate 2. to approach 3. to reach 4. to begin, set in 5. may indicate the adverbial meaning of ‘inwardly’ or ‘forwardly’ directed movement 6. to enter into, subscribe to, contribute to 7. to take in (as revenue) 8. to mate (of animals) 9. to go into a trance (of a medium) 10. to possess (as a spirit possesses a medium) 11. to agree with |
ដល់ | dɑl | 1. to reach, to attain, to arrive at 2. to, toward, up to, as far as, at, until |
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, [...] |
វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
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) |
ពេលថ្ងៃត្រង់ | peel tŋay trɑŋ | noon, at noon |
ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
អម្បាញ់មិញ | ʔɑmbaɲ mɨɲ | just now, just a moment ago |
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} |
កន្លះ | kɑnlah | 1. half 2. clf.: half a [...] {កន្លះម៉ោង = half an hour} |
ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
សែសិប | sae sǝp | fourty |
អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
លើស | lǝǝh | 1. to pass/go beyond, exceed, surpass 2. more, too (much), over 3. in addition, more than necessary 4. the most, more than all others |
នាទី | nietii | 1. minute 2. domain, scope, jurisdiction 3. role, function, duty, area of concern, business 4. rank |
សាមសិប | saam səp | thirty |
ប្រសិនបើ | prɑsən baə | if |
ហៅ | hav | 1. to call, name 2. to order (e.g., in a restaurant), specifically to stop a vehicle 3. to send for, summon 4. to invite (guests) |
ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
និង | nɨŋ | and |
បាទ | baat | male politeness particle, also used to answer in the affirmative, or agree to or acknowledge a statement |
ពេលវេលា | peel veelie | time |
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!} |
កូនសិស្ស | koun səh | 1. student 2. temple-boy (short for កូនសិស្សលោក) |
ចេញ | cəɲ | 1. to go out, leave, emerge, exit 2. to issue, bring out, come out (of a publication) 3. to emit, utter 4. out, off, away (also figuratively) {ខ្ញុំគិតអត់ចេញ = I can't figure it out} 5. to pay out, pay for, lay out (money), spend 6. to gain, earn, save 7. to play (a card) |
ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
រៀន | riən | to study, to learn, to practice |
ប្រទេស | prɑteeh | country, nation |
កម្ពុជា | kampuʔcie | Cambodia |
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’ |
សាលា | saalaa | 1. hall 2. school 3. institution, establishment 4. court (of law) 5. kind of relay station/shelter on the road between two towns or villages |
ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |
នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
ព្រឹក | prɨk | morning |
ផង | pʰɑɑŋ | 1. also, too, as well 2. marker indicating entreaty or a polite request: please ..., would you ... |
ល្ងាច | lŋiec | evening, late afternoon |
គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
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!} |
ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
សាលារៀន | saalaa riən | school |
សម្រាប់ | sɑmrap | 1. for 2. used for, used to (make or do something) |
បង្រៀន | bɑŋriən | to teach, to instruct, to train |
ពីរ | pii, pɨl | two |
វេន | veen | 1. turn (rotation), shift, work time 2. in turn, in rotation |
នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
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 |
និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
សិស្ស | səh | student |
ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
សម្រាក | sɑmraak | 1. to rest, to relax, to cause to relieve 2. break {សម្រាកថ្ងៃត្រង់ = lunch break} Notes: root: ស្រាក; also written សំរាក |
ញ៉ាំ | ɲam | to eat, to drink, to consume {ញ៉ាំបាយ = general term for 'to eat' (neutral form for younger persons and persons of the same age)} Notes: informal, of oneself, addressing children or close friends but not elders |
បាយ | baay | 1. cooked rice 2. food, meal |
ពួកគាត់ | puək koat | they |
អគារ | ʔaʔkie | building, house |
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 |
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 |
ប្រាំមួយ | pram muəy | six |
បន្ទប់ | bɑntup | room |
ថ្នាក់រៀន | tnak riən | classroom |
ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
ព្រះអាទិត្យ | preah ʔaatɨt | sun |
បានន័យថា | baan ney tʰaa | 1. that means, in other words 2. to mean |
រះ | reah | 1. to shine, become visible 2. to appear, rise (of heavenly bodies) 3. to make a sweeping motion 4. to fire in a fan or sheaf-shaped pattern 5. to spread out radially 6. to move or turn in all different directions 7. to cover all points 8. to please all sides (e.g., in an argument) 9. all, completely, in full 10. to go (while the dew is still on the ground) 11. to start out on a journey early in the morning 12. to scurry about in the morning 13. the period symbol 14. to write a period 15. to beat/play (a percussion instrument) with rapid short strokes 16. to play a trill (on a wind instrument) 17. to demolish an old house and build a new one |
កម្ពស់ | kɑmpʊəh | height |
ថ្ងៃត្រង់ | tŋay trɑŋ | noon |
ជាច្រើន | cie craən | many, a lot, in abundance |
គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
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)} |
ដើរ | daə | 1. to walk, to go, to move 2. (of machines) to run |
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) |
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!} |
ផ្ទះ | pteah | house, home, residence, building |
កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
ជិត | cɨt | 1. to be close, near 2. tight 3. close-set, dense, thick 4. closely, tightly 5. almost 6. about to, on the point of (doing something) 7. to cover completely, be completely/firmly covered 8. command used by elephant drivers to make an elephant to move closer |
របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
ចំណែកឯ | cɑmnaek ʔae | as for, as to, regarding |
ឆ្ងាយ | cŋaay | 1. to be far (away), distant, remote 2. separated |
អាហារដ្ឋាន | ʔaahaa tʰaan | restaurant |
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 |
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 |
សិស្សានុសិស្ស | səhsaanuʔsəh | students (collective) |
អាហារ | ʔaahaa | food, meal |
មុខ | muk | 1. face, front 2. in front of 3. type, kind, variety 4. dish, kind of food 5. head, chief, chairman, president 6. mouth or opening of a stream 7. (sharp) edge (of a knife blade) |
ដង | dɑɑŋ | 1. pole, post 2. handle (of an axe, shovel, knife), neck (of a musical instrument) 3. shaft, tongue (of a plow) 4. yoke 5. body, torso, trunk |
ទង់ជាតិ | tʊəŋ ciet | national flag |
បង្គោល | bɑŋkool | post, pole |
ខ្ពស់ | kpʊəh | high, tall |
ចង | cɑɑŋ | to tie, bind, fasten, link, attach, connect |
កំពុងតែ | kɑmpuŋ tae | to be in the process of (doing something) |
បក់ | bɑk | 1. wind: to blow 2. to fan 3. to blow out, extinguish 4. to wag, wave, shake, stir, rustle |
រវិច | rɔvɨc | 1. in a wagging/swishing manner 2. in a rocking/swinging/back and forth motion 3. frantically |
ដាក់ | dak | 1. to put, place 2. to deposit 3. to add (ingredients) 4. to set (e.g., a trap) 5. to establish 6. to assign 7. to locate, settle, station 8. to lock up 9. to fasten 10. to use 11. to strike, hit hard 12. to affect 13. to subject someone to 14. to be hard hit, suffer a setback 15. to have bad luck, cause bad luck 16. to feel unwell, have an upset stomach (especially after eating certain fruits) 17. to contract for 18. to subscribe to 19. to renounce (a throne) 20. to put aside (religious vows) 21. in, into, on 22. to eat, drink 23. to kneel 24. command to an elephant to kneel by bending the rear legs |
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 |
តែម្ដង | tae mdɑɑŋ | 1. immediately, at once, right away, directly 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: ជើង ដ |
មុន | mun | 1. previous(ly), former(ly) {ខែមុន = last month} 2. first, before {ញ៉ាំមុនចុះ = Go ahead and eat first!} |
ទាំងអស់ | teaŋ ʔɑh | all, all of |
ត្រូវតែ | trəv tae | have to, must, should, ought to |
គោរព | koorup | 1. to respect, obey, honor 2. respect |
បង្ហូត | bɑŋhoot | 1. to pull (string or rope through a hole), to raise (e.g., a flag on a mast), to hoist all the way up to the top 2. to pass by (something) 3. to go all the way to 4. to carry to the end 5. to make something go on forever 6. to go beyond the destination 7. adj to be non-stop/through (as a through flight) 8. to omit, leave out 9. not to do (something) |
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 |
ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
ច្រៀង | crieŋ | 1. to sing 2. to hum |
ចម្រៀង | cɑmriəŋ | song Notes: root: ច្រៀង; also written ចំរៀង |
ជាតិ | ciet | 1. matter, substance, material, essence, essential constituent {ជាតិទឹក = to be liquid, fluid} {ជាតិខ្លាញ់ = to be oily, greasy} {ម្នាស់មានជាតិអាស៊ីតច្រើន = pineapples have a lot of acid/are acidic/are quite sour} 2. flavor, taste 3. genuine or true state of anything 4. birth, nation, race, line, nationality |
ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
ពេលព្រឹក | peel prɨk | morning, in the morning |
អស់ | ʔɑh | 1. to consume, use up, run low/short (of something) {អស់ហើយ = [a product, food etc.] finished/sold out} 2. to end, finish, terminate, come to an end 3. entirety, completeness, wholeness 4. to be complete, whole 5. entirely, completely 6. all (of), the whole (of) 7. to have to spend {អស់ម៉ាម៉ឺនទទេ = I had to pay 10’000 for no reason!} |
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 |
តម្រង់ | tɑmrɑŋ | 1. to straighten (out), to put in a straight line {តម្រង់ជួរ = to queue} 2. to direct, to aim 3. to rectify 4. in a straight line Notes: root: ត្រង់ |
ជួរ | cuə | 1. column, line, row 2. formation, rank 3. family line, lineage 4. clf. for rows, lines, 12-year cycles, generations |
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 |
ក្បែរ | kbae | to be near, close to |
ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
ភ្លេង | pleeŋ | 1. music, musical composition 2. orchestra, band, musical ensemble |
បទ | bɑt | 1. leg, foot 2. footprint 3. road, way 4. stanza, verse, phrase 5. piece of music, hymn, song 6. (musical) note 7. metre 8. clf. for musical compositions 9. law, decree, (legal) act, action 10. (judicial) instance 11. place (of work), institution 12. trick, scheme, stratagem, strategy 13. cause |
ភ្លេងជាតិ | pleeŋ ciet | national anthem |
ចំណងជើង | cɑmnɑɑŋ cəəŋ | 1. caption, headline, title, subtitle, heading 2. string tied around the ankle |
បទនគររាជ | bɑt nɔkɔɔ riec | royal hymn |
បន្ទាប់មក | bɑntoap mɔɔk | next, then, afterwards, later |
ពេលល្ងាច | peel lŋiec | evening, in the evening |
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 |
វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
ដដែល | dɑdael | 1. to be identical, alike, the same 2. as before, over and over, in the same way |
ដង | dɑɑŋ | time, occurrence, occasion |
រសៀល | rɔsiəl | 1. afternon 2. about to, to make haste to 3. to be almost (dead, of someone who is in the declining years) |