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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?} |
| ក្នុង | knoŋ | 1. in, inside 2. during + (time word) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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’ |
| ក្អម | kʔɑɑm | 1. clay pot (used mainly to carry and store water) 2. pitcher |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| ឆ្នាំង | cnaŋ | cooking pot, kettle, pan, casserole |
| ដី | dəy | 1. earth, land, ground, soil 2. territory |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| ខ្សាច់ | ksac | sand |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| ដោត | daot | 1. to plant, to stick up, to push in 2. to put on a spit, to skewer, to put on a line |
| ធូប | tʰuup | incense stick |
| ទីនោះ | tii nuh | there, over there |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| ពិធីបុណ្យ | piʔtʰii bon | festival, ceremony |
| ចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរ | coul cnam kmae | Khmer New Year |
| បន្ទាប់ពី | bɑntoap pii | after, next |
| ប្រគេន | prɑkeen | 1. to present/give/offer (to a Buddhist monk) 2. for, on, behalf |
| ចង្ហាន់ | cɑŋhan | food (for Buddhist monks) Notes: root: ឆាន់ |
| ទៅដល់ | tɨv dɑl | 1. to arrive, to reach, to go to 2. until, up to 3. to, toward |
| ព្រះសង្ឃ | preah sɑŋ | 1. Buddhist monk 2. priest |
| ស្លាដក់ | slaadɑk | things given to monks (to gain merit) Notes: translation to be confirmed |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| ខាងក្រៅ | kʰaaŋ krav | 1. outside, outside of 2. on/from the outside |
| ព្រះវិហារ | preah viʔhie | 1. temple, sanctuary of a Buddhist temple 2. Preah Vihear (name of a Cambodian province and a well-known temple complex on the Cambodian-Thai border) |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| ពូនភ្នំ | puun pnum | to pile up earth or sand to make a hill (especially as a means of gaining religious merit) |
| 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 |
| និយាយ | niʔyiey | to speak, say, talk, relate, tell, to narrate, to talk over, discuss |
| អំពី | ʔɑmpii | 1. about, concerning, relative to 2. from, out of {អំពីថ្ងៃនេះទៅ = from this day on} |
| 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) |
| យក | yɔɔk | 1. to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold 2. when ordering: I’ll take, I’ll have {យកបបរគ្រឿងសាច់ជ្រូកម៉ាចាន = I’ll have a bowl of pork porridge} 3. to take (away) 4. to steal 5. to bring 6. to borrow 7. to get, obtain, achieve |
| កើប | kaəp | 1. to scoop up (a large quantity), gather up, amass 2. to sweep up 3. wooden mallet |
| ច្បាម | cbaam | 1. to grasp with the fingers, cling to, hang on to 2. handful, fistful, bunch 3. clf. for handfuls, fistfuls, bunches |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| បាតដៃ | baat day | palm of the hand |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| បោះ | bɑh | 1. to throw (away), cast, fling 2. to cast (a vote) {ខ្ញុំបោះហើយ = I've voted already} 3. to scatter 4. to broadcast 5. to sow (seed) 6. to thrust (down) into, force in, insert, drive/fix (a stake in the ground) 7. to implant, set up 8. to locate, station, pitch a camp 9. to crush, grind, gin (cotton) 10. to imprint/impress (a seal), stamp, affix 11. to publish 12. to sell in large quantities with limited profit 13. to take a step |
| 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!} |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| ភ្នំ | pnum | mountain, hill |
| 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]!} |
| រៀបចំ | riəp cɑm | 1. to organize, prepare 2. to put in good order, arrange |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ពំនូក | pumnuuk | pile, stack, heap, mound |
| ចាប់ | cap | 1. to catch, capture, seize, grasp, get 2. to receive (e.g., a radio or television broadcast) 3. to select 4. clf. for handfuls 5. to begin to, undertake, start 6. to be painful |
| 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 |
| បន្ទាប់មក | bɑntoap mɔɔk | next, then, afterwards, later |
| អុជ | ʔoc | to light, to set afire |
| បួងសួង | buəŋ suəŋ | to pray, implore |
| សុំ | som | to ask (for), to beg, to demand (may be used in a polite way by older persons to younger ones) |
| សេចក្តី | səckdəy | 1. affair, matter, case 2. subject, meaning, concept 3. reason, cause 4. nominalizing particle, forms abstract nouns from verbs and adjectives 5. these derivative nouns generally have the meaning of: the condition or state of … {សេចក្តីល្អ = goodness} Notes: ជើង ត, pronunciation: ជើង ដ |
| សុខ | sok | 1. to be healthy 2. to be safe, secure, peaceful, calm, tranquil 3. to be pleasant, comfortable 4. to be happy, glad, joyous 5. to be content, satisfied 6. to be successful 7. peace 8. joy, pleasure 9. health |
| ជាមួយនឹង | cie muəy nɨŋ | 1. together, along with 2. with |
| កុំឲ្យ | kom ʔaoy | 1. in order that not ..., so as not to ... 2. don't let ... |
| គ្រោះអាក្រក់ | krʊək ʔaakrɑk | bad luck, misfortune |
| កើតឡើង | kaət laəŋ | to happen, occur |
| ថ្ងៃ | tŋay | 1. day, daytime 2. sun |
| ចូលឆ្នាំ | coul cnam | New Year |
| ថ្មី | tməy | new |
| តំណាង | tɑmnaaŋ | 1. to represent 2. representative, delegate, substitute, replacement 3. substitution 4. specimen |
| ថា | tʰaa | 1. to say, tell, pronounce 2. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse) 3. I've [just] said, [...] |
| ផ្ដាច់ | pdac | 1. to sever, cut off, slash, to separate from, to behead, to break (generally refers to string or string-like objects) 2. extremely, to the highest degree 3. to pass (e.g., another car) Notes: ជើង ដ |
| កម្មពៀរ | kam piə, kammeaʔ piə, kammaʔ piə | misfortune, bad luck, bad fate |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| ឆ្នាំ | cnam | year |
| ចាស់ | cah | 1. old, mature 2. (of colors) to be intense, dark, (of seasonings) to be strong, excessive, (of fruits) to be almost ripe |
| 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 |
| ប្រជាជន | prɑciecʊən | the people, the population |
| កម្ពុជា | kampuʔcie | Cambodia |
| តែងតែ | taeŋ tae | usually, regularly, constantly, always, continually |
| ធ្វើ | tvəə | 1. to do, to make, to work, to prepare 2. to cultivate (a field) {ធ្វើស្រែ = to work in a rice field, be a farmer, grow rice} |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| 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 |