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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| បន្ទាប់មក | bɑntoap mɔɔk | next, then, afterwards, later |
| 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, [...] |
| 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’ |
| ក្មេង | kmeeŋ | 1. child, young person 2. young |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| នាក់ | neak | clf. for people |
| បាទ | baat | male politeness particle, also used to answer in the affirmative, or agree to or acknowledge a statement |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| កំពុងតែ | kɑmpuŋ tae | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| 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 |
| លេង | leeŋ | 1. to play 2. to do something for fun or pleasure 3. to joke |
| ទឹក | tɨk | 1. water, juice, liquid 2. round (e.g., of a boxing match) |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| 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!} |
| ថ្ងៃ | tŋay | 1. day, daytime 2. sun |
| ចូលឆ្នាំ | coul cnam | New Year |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| ពិធី | piʔtʰii | 1. ceremony, celebration, ritual 2. occasion 3. process, method, way 4. traditions, customary rules |
| ច្រើន | craən | 1. much, many, numerous, very much 2. mostly, often |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| ស្រង់ | srɑŋ | 1. to pull/fish something out (of a liquid) 2. to save (a drowning person) 3. to extract (e.g., an article from a newspaper) 4. to rescue, save 5. to bathe (a Buddha statue, divinity, clergy) 6. to wash (oneself) (of the king or monks) 7. name of a mountain in Kompong Speu province 8. name of a large pond in front of the temple of Banteay Kdei in Siem Reap province, Cambodian kings in ancient times often went swimming in it |
| ព្រះ | preah | 1. Buddha, God, holy being 2. to be holy, sacred, divine 3. excellent, distinguished, superior (commonly used as a prefix before nominals referring to members of the royal family, Buddhist priests, the Buddha, God, and certain deified elements, such as earth and fire, where it serves as an honorific particle) |
| 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) |
| ល្បែង | lbaeŋ | 1. game, pastime, amusement, playing 2. gambling Notes: root: លេង |
| ប្រជាប្រិយ | prɑcieprəy | 1. popularity, fame 2. to be popular |
| 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 |
| ជាមួយនឹង | cie muəy nɨŋ | 1. together, along with 2. with |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| បន្ទាប់ពី | bɑntoap pii | after, next |
| 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 |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| មានគុណ | mien kun | 1. to have done good deeds 2. to be grateful |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| ចាស់ | cah | 1. old, mature 2. (of colors) to be intense, dark, (of seasonings) to be strong, excessive, (of fruits) to be almost ripe |
| រួចរាល់ | ruəc roal | 1. to finish, to complete 2. completely |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| 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)} |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ជះ | ceah | 1. to pour (over), fling, toss/throw out (especially liquids), splash 2. to scatter 3. wind: to blow violently |
| ដាក់គ្នា | dak knie | at each other, against each other, back and forth |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| ទៅវិញទៅមក | tɨv vɨɲ tɨv mɔɔk | 1. back and forth 2. mutually, reciprocally 3. to each other |
| បែប | baep | kind, sort, model, type, style, form, shape, method, way |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| មិន | mɨn | negative particle not, non- (usually requires the final particle ទេ) |
| ប្រកាន់ | prɑkan | 1. to claim, to maintain, to adopt, to uphold 2. to count on, to take for granted 3. to take offense easily, to be very sensitive 4. to claim first, to put one's claims first, to reserve |
| 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 |
| 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!} |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ថ្មី | tməy | new |
| សប្បាយ | sapbaay | 1. happy, pleasant, fun 2. kind, beneficial, healthy |
| លាង | lieŋ | 1. to wash, to clean (with a liquid) 2. to purify, to clear |
| ជម្រះ | cumreah | 1. to clean, to clean up, to wash away dirt and dust 2. to level, scrape, clean off 3. to clear away, weed, cut off at the roots, to clear with a hoe 4. to purify 5. to discharge 6. to judge, resolve (a dispute), decide (a case) 7. to make a clear-cut decision 8. to review, to edit (a text) Notes: root: ជ្រះ; also written ជំរះ |
| ខ្លួន | kluən | 1. body, figure, person, self 2. reflexive pronoun: myself, yourself, himself etc. |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| ជ្រះ | creah | 1. to be bright, sparkling, pure, clean, without any impurities 2. to be fair/light skinned (especially referring to Cambodians) |
| នូវ | nɨv | 1. marker of the direct object, especially in written, literary language 2. with, and, and also, along with, by means of |
| ភាព | pʰiep | state, condition, shape, manner |
| ចង្រៃ | cɑŋray | 1. bad luck, misfortune, danger 2. to cause bad luck 3. to be unlucky, evil, damned 4. harmful 5. annoying, bothersome |
| រឿងរ៉ាវ | rɨəŋ raav | 1. conflict, fight, quarrel 2. story, legend 3. affair, event, incident |
| អាក្រក់ | ʔaakrɑk | 1. to be bad, mean 2. unattractive, ugly |
| ទាំង | teaŋ | 1. all, both {ទាំងពីរ = both} {ទាំង ... ទាំង ... = both ... and ...} 2. entirely, completely 3. adverb marker equivalent to ដោយ |
| ប៉ុន្មាន | ponmaan | 1. how much, how many 2. (in an affirmative context) some, several, a few, a certain number 3. (in a negative or indefinite context) (not) many, to any (great) extent |
| 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 |
| ទាំងអស់ | teaŋ ʔɑh | all, all of |
| ដូច | douc | alike, similar, like, as |
| ក្មេងស្រី | kmeeŋ srǝy | girl |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| 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 |
| ដៃខ្លី | day kləy | short sleeve {ពាក់អាវសដៃខ្លី = [he's] wearing a white short sleeve shirt} |
| ពណ៌ | poa | color, complexion |
| ទឹកក្រូច | tɨk krouc | 1. orange juice 2. generic term for soft drinks 3. color: orange |
| ស្លៀក | sliək | to put on or wear clothing (below the waist only: skirts, trousers) |
| ខោ | kʰao | pants, trousers |
| 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 |
| ខ្លី | kləy | short (in length) |
| ស | sɑɑ | color: white |
| អាយុ | ʔaayuʔ | 1. to be ... years old 2. age |
| ប្រហែល | prɑhael | 1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps |
| ឆ្នាំ | cnam | year |
| ចង | cɑɑŋ | to tie, bind, fasten, link, attach, connect |
| សក់ | sɑk | hair |
| ទីទុយ | tiituy | 1. kind of owl 2. kind of hairstyle as in សក់ទីទុយ |
| 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 |
| ពីរ | pii, pɨl | two |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| កាន់ | kan | 1. to hold, carry in the hand, grasp, hang on to 2. to control, be in charge of, be responsible for 3. to withstand, support, sustain, bear 4. to hold to, believe in, keep/observe (e.g., a religion) {កាន់សាសនាព្រះពុទ្ធ = to believe in Buddhism} 5. (of a spirit) to possess |
| ធុង | tʰuŋ | 1. (large) barrel/can, bucket, tank 2. box 3. clf. for barrels, etc. |
| បៃតង | baytɑɑŋ | color: green (e.g., as banana leaves) |
| 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]!} |
| 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!} |
| 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 |
| ក្មេងប្រុស | kmeeŋ proh | boy |
| ដោះ | dɑh | 1. breast(s), udder 2. to undo, untie 3. to take off (clothing), remove 4. to lift (a curse) 5. to release, free 6. to save, rescue 7. to solve, explain, settle (a question), resolve |
| កាំភ្លើង | kampləəŋ | gun, firearm |
| បាញ់ | baɲ | 1. to shoot (a gun or bow), fire (a weapon) at 2. to kill by shooting 3. to hunt 4. to strike (of lightning) 5. to direct (e.g., one's attention) 6. to aim at 7. to shoot/spurt up (of water) as a geyser 8. to bubble/boil up 9. plug/cake of tobacco 10. cake, pastry |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| ម្ខាង | mkʰaaŋ | 1. one side, one (of a pair) 2. at/on one side, at the other side Notes: contraction of មួយខាង |
| បាំង | baŋ | to conceal, cover, hide (something), mask, obstruct, shield, protect (e.g., with an umbrella) |
| 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) |
| ចង់ | cɑŋ | 1. to want/wish/desire (to do something) 2. to flirt with, court, woo (a girl) 3. to approach, draw near 4. about to (do something), on the point of 5. even if |
| ទទឹក | tɔtɨk | wet |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| សើម | saəm | damp, humid, wet, moist |
| ពេលខ្លះ | peel klah | sometimes |
| គ្រាន់តែ | kroan tae | just, only, only just |
| កុំឲ្យ | kom ʔaoy | 1. in order that not ..., so as not to ... 2. don't let ... |
| 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 |
| ភ្នែក | pnɛɛk | 1. eye 2. cell on the skin of a pineapple 3. future 4. to be next, forthcoming |
| តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ | tae ponnɑh | only, only that much |
| ខាងក្រោយ | kʰaaŋ kraoy | behind, in the back |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| ជាមួយគ្នា | cie muəy knie | 1. together, with one another, reciprocally 2. the same (as) |
| 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 |
| លឿង | lɨəŋ | color: yellow |
| ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
| ដទៃទៀត | dɑtey tiət | different, other |
| ភូមិ | pʰuum | 1. village 2. country, place, region 3. earth, land 4. rank, status 5. level 6. class, cycle |
| ពួកគេ | puək kee | they |
| ទាំងអស់គ្នា | teaŋ ʔɑh knie | 1. everybody 2. all, all of |
| 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 |
| រីករាយ | riik riey | to be happy, glad, enthusiastic |
| ទឹកមុខ | tɨk muk | facial expression, mood |
| ញញឹម | ɲɔɲɨm | to smile |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| តែម្ដង | tae mdɑɑŋ | 1. immediately, at once, right away, directly 2. all of a sudden 3. generally, in general 4. totally Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ក្បែរ | kbae | to be near, close to |
| សត្វ | sat | 1. animal, living being (human or animal) 2. life, soul |
| ឆ្កែ | ckae | dog |
| ត្រឹមតែ | trəm tae | just, only |
| តែ | tae | 1. but, however 2. only, just 3. tea |
| មនុស្ស | mɔnuh, meaʔnuh | human being, person |
| សូម្បីតែ | soumbəy tae | 1. even 2. even though, although, nevertheless |