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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 |
| ក្រុម | krom | group, team |
| សង្គ្រោះ | sɑŋkrʊəh | 1. to help, save, rescue 2. to resuscitate 3. to support 4. help, saving, support, assistance 5. to be included |
| បឋម | paʔtʰɑm | 1. to be first, primary, initial 2. elementary |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| គ្រូពេទ្យ | kruu pɛɛt | medial doctor, medical practitioner Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| 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)} |
| មកដល់ | mɔɔk dɑl | to arrive at, come to |
| កន្លែង | kɑnlaeŋ | 1. place, location, region 2. clf. for locations |
| 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) |
| ហេតុ | haet | 1. cause, reason, motive 2. source, origin 3. because of, for the reason that |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| មើល | məəl | 1. to look at, to watch, to watch for, to observe 2. to read (to oneself), to review (a lesson) 3. to examine, survey, inspect 4. to observe 5. to treat (medically) 6. to care for, take care of 7. to consider, regard 8. particle: come on, give it a try 9. let me see! 10. phrase-final: softens a command or request {ជួយបង្ហាញតិចមើល = Please show me!} |
| បុរស | boʔrɑh | man, male person |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| 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’ |
| ពេទ្យ | pɛɛt | 1. medical doctor, physician 2. medical 3. hospital Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| ពីរ | pii, pɨl | two |
| នាក់ | neak | clf. for people |
| 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!} |
| ស្លៀកពាក់ | sliǝk peak | to dress, get dressed, be dressed, wear clothes |
| ឯកសណ្ឋាន | ʔaek sɑntʰaan | uniform |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ពាក់ | peak | 1. to wear (shirt, hat, ring, shoes, but not pants) 2. to put on 3. to hang up, suspend, hang on |
| អាវ | ʔaav | shirt, blouse, coat, upper garment |
| ស | sɑɑ | color: white |
| ខោ | kʰao | pants, trousers |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| ចងបូរ | cɑɑŋ bou | to tie with a ribbon, to tie a ribbon |
| សញ្ញា | saɲɲaa | 1. sign, symbol 2. mark (e.g., punctuation) 3. signal, notice 4. to agree, give consent 5. to promise, give one's word Notes: see also សន្យា |
| រូប | ruup | 1. image, picture, body, figure, shape, portrait, statue 2. clf. for respected people, monks, pictures, statues |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| សញ្ញាបូក | saɲɲaa bouk | plus sign (+) |
| លេខ | leek | 1. number, figure, numeral 2. writing, drawing, letter, mark 3. to write, to draw |
| ពណ៌ | poa | color, complexion |
| ក្រហម | krɑhɑɑm | color: red |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | with, by (means of), (attached) to |
| ដៃ | day | 1. arm, hand 2. handle, lever, crank 3. branch (of a tree, bamboo, or a river), offshoot 4. tendril 5. trunk (of an elephant) 6. sleeve 7. steering wheel 8. clf. for handfuls of young rice plants/grass 9. clf. for slaps 10. command to an elephant not to move its trunk or not to pull up something with its trunk 11. clf. for a bunch of 10 areca nuts |
| ស្ដាំ | sdam | right, to the right, on the right Notes: ជើង ដ |
| 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!} |
| ត្រួត | truət | 1. to check, to control, inspect, examine 2. to govern, be in charge of, supervise 3. to dominate 4. to place one on top of the other, stack (up) 5. to superimpose |
| ពិនិត្យ | piʔnɨt | 1. to inspect, check, examine 2. to observe, investigate 3. to diagnose 4. to censor |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| គ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍ | krʊək tnak cɑraacɑɑ | 1. road accident 2. to have a road accident |
| ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
| ស្ទាប | stiep | 1. to feel, examine by touch, finger, caress, touch lightly 2. to reach 3. to test, try, probe |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| លើក | lǝǝk | 1. to lift, raise, elevate, boost, hoist {លើកដៃសំពះ = to raise the hands in a greeting or respectful gesture} {លើករបស់ = to lift something} {លើកទូរស័ព្ទ = to pick up the phone} 2. to erect, build, establish, create 3. to form 4. to levy/raise (e.g., troops) 5. to perform/celebrate (a ritual or ceremony) 6. to exalt 7. to rouse 8. to transport 9. to exhume, dig up 10. to postpone, adjourn, cancel 11. time, occasion, instance, session {លើកមុន = last time} 12. except, unless |
| គ្រោះថ្នាក់ | krʊək tnak | 1. accident 2. danger, risk 3. to be dangerous |
| 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 |
| ហ្វ្រង់កា | frɑŋkaa | stretcher, litter Notes: possibly also written ប្រង់កា |
| 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]!} |
| នាំគ្នា | noam knie | 1. together 2. to go together, to invite someone to do something together 3. to agree together to do something |
| សែង | saeŋ | 1. to carry (of two or more people, especially on a pole which rests on the shoulders, e.g., as a litter) 2. light, radiance, luster, brilliance, gleam, rays (of light) 3. [royal] weapon, arms |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| ដោយសារ | daoy saa | 1. because of, thanks to 2. depending on |
| ប៉ះពាល់ | pah poal | 1. to touch 2. to affect, have an effect on 3. to violate, infringe on 4. to collide with |
| ជើង | cəəŋ | 1. foot, leg 2. base, bottom 3. edge 4. subscript form of a Cambodian consonant 5. immediate vicinity 6. north {ខាងជើង = north} 7. way, path, trip 8. clf. for trips or occurrences 9. to be an expert/veteran/skilled at + verb |
| ឈឺ | cʰɨɨ | to be sick, to hurt, to be in pain |
| ខ្លួន | kluən | 1. body, figure, person, self 2. reflexive pronoun: myself, yourself, himself etc. |
| ដោយសារតែ | daoy saa tae | because |
| បោក | baok | 1. to beat (against a fixed object), smash, to slam, throw violently 2. to do the laundry, to wash clothes {បោកខោអាវ = to do the laundry, to wash clothes} 3. to launder, wash by beating 4. to overthrow 5. to throw oneself to the ground 6. to thresh 7. to cheat, dupe, swindle, trick |
| ថ្នល់ | tnɑl, knɑl | raised road or path |
| ខ្លាំង | klaŋ | 1. to be strong, vigorous 2. loud 3. firm, sturdy 4. serious 5. strongly, vigorously, exceedingly |
| ពេក | peek | too, too much, too many |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| ដួល | duəl | to fall, to fall over, to collapse |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| ធ្វើឲ្យ | tvəə ʔaoy | 1. to cause, make (someone) do (something) 2. to do (something) for (someone) (often used to form causative compounds) |
| យ៉ាង | yaaŋ | 1. kind, type, way, manner 2. clf. for kinds, types 3. pre-adjectival particle forming adverbial phrases {យ៉ាងខ្លី = briefly} 4. pre-adjectival particle, similar to ដ៏, used to connect an attributive to a noun, it often has a slight emphatic meaning: very |
| ស្រែក | sraek | to shout, scream, cry (out), bawl, yell |
| របួស | rɔbuəh | 1. to be injured, wounded 2. wound, injury |
| ព្យាយាម | pyieyiem | 1. to persist, to persevere, to try hard 2. perseverance, effort, endeavour, diligence, zeal |
| ថ្នម | tnɑɑm | 1. to treat with caution, touch lightly on (e.g., a sensitive topic) 2. to conserve, use sparingly, husband (resources) 3. carefully, gingerly, softly 4. to take care of, protect, cherish, treat with affection 5. to care for oneself, be careful 6. to pamper/spoil (a child) |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| កុំឲ្យ | kom ʔaoy | 1. in order that not ..., so as not to ... 2. don't let ... |
| កាន់តែ | kan tae | more and more, further, becoming more and more, increasingly, continually |
| ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ | tŋʊən tŋɔɔ | 1. to be serious, grave, heavy 2. to be patient, perseverant 3. to endure, bear up well under hardship |
| ងើប | ŋəəp | 1. to rise/get up 2. to lift/draw oneself up 3. to raise one's head 4. to come to the surface |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| រួច | ruəc | 1. to finish, end, achieve, complete 2. indicates the possibility of completing the action of the main verb, to be able 3. already, then, after that |
| ដើរ | daə | 1. to walk, to go, to move 2. (of machines) to run |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| ខ្លួនឯង | kluən ʔaeŋ | 1. oneself 2. personally, on one's own, by oneself |
| 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) |
| ប្រើប្រាស់ | praə prah | to use |
| ដំបូង | dɑmbouŋ | 1. first, first of all, before 2. at first, in the beginning |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| 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 |
| ឡានពេទ្យ | laan pɛɛt | ambulance Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |