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| Khmer | Pronunciation | English/Notes |
|---|---|---|
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| 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 |
| 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!} |
| 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’ |
| 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 |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| វ័យ | vey | age, range of age Notes: also written វយ |
| ប្រហែល | prɑhael | 1. about, approximately 2. resembling, similar to, nearly identical 3. almost 4. maybe, probably, it is possible that, perhaps |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| ឆ្នាំ | cnam | year |
| 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 |
| លឿង | lɨəŋ | color: yellow |
| 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 |
| កំពុងតែ | kɑmpuŋ tae | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| ឈរ | cʰɔɔ | to stand (up) |
| ផ្ទះបាយ | pteah baay | kitchen |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ខាងមុខ | kʰaaŋ muk | 1. front, in front (of), ahead 2. forward, facing forward 3. in the future, coming |
| តុ | tok | 1. table, desk 2. small plate on legs for fruit or dessert Notes: irregular pronunciation |
| 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]!} |
| 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 |
| កាំបិត | kambət | knife |
| 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 |
| ឆ្វេង | cveeŋ | left, to the left, on the left |
| ស្ដាំ | sdam | right, to the right, on the right Notes: ជើង ដ |
| គឺ | kɨɨ | 1. to be (equal to) 2. as follows, namely |
| បន្លែ | bɑnlae | vegetable |
| ការ៉ុត | kaarot | carrot |
| ចិត | cət | 1. to pare, peel 2. to cut into pieces, slice 3. to sharpen (e.g., a pencil) |
| ហាន់ | han | to slice, to cut into small pieces Notes: also written ហ័ន |
| ចំណិត | cɑmnət | 1. slice, piece, chip, chop (lamb chop, etc.), cutting 2. clf. for slices etc. |
| តូច | touc, tuuc | 1. small, little, tiny 2. minor |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| មុត | mut | 1. to be sharp 2. to cut, pierce, stab 3. to be cut, stabbed 4. hard, tough, firm, brave |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| 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 |
| ដូចជា | douc cie | such as, like, as though, to seem as though, for instance |
| ដុំ | dom | 1. piece, chunk, lump, mass, part, block 2. cluster, bunch 3. packet, bundle |
| 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)} |
| 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 |
| ងាយស្រួល | ŋiey sruǝl | easy (e.g., to do, to use) |
| និង | nɨŋ | and |
| រហ័ស | rɔhah | 1. rapidly, quickly 2. promptly 3. to be rapid, fast, quick 4. clever |
| 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} |
| សម្ល | sɑmlɑɑ | soup |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| ស៊ុប | sup | soup |
| សម្រាប់ | sɑmrap | 1. for 2. used for, used to (make or do something) |
| អាហារ | ʔaahaa | food, meal |
| ថ្ងៃនេះ | tŋay nih | today |
| 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 |
| ក្បែរ | kbae | to be near, close to |
| ចានគោម | caan koom | kind of large bowl (especially one used as a soup tureen) |
| ផ្កាឈូក | pkaa cʰuuk | 1. color: pink 2. lotus flower 3. shower head |
| 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 |
| កែង | kaeŋ | 1. elbow {កែងដៃ = elbow} 2. heel {កែងជើង = heel} 3. to elbow, hit with the elbow 4. to kick back with the heel 5. to be perpendicular 6. carpenter's try square 7. {តាមទាន់ជាន់កែង = to catch someone red-handed} |
| ជ្រុង | cruŋ | 1. angle 2. corner 3. edge 4. something angular 5. piece, slice (of meat or fruit) 6. clf. for angular pieces, cookies, fruit |
| បន្ត | bɑntɑɑ | 1. to continue (something), to keep on (doing something) 2. to add, to join Notes: root: ត |
| ខាង | kʰaaŋ | 1. side, part 2. direction 3. pertaining to, with regard to |
| ជាច្រើន | cie craən | many, a lot, in abundance |
| ផ្សេងទៀត | pseeŋ tiət | other |
| លើ | ləə | 1. up, on, over, above 2. to be on, over, above, located on top 3. in regard to, concerning, toward, for, against |
| 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) |
| បន្ទាប់ពី | bɑntoap pii | after, next |
| នេះ | nih | 1. this, these 2. often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space |
| នឹង | nɨŋ | future tense marker: will, about to |
| ផ្សេង | pseeŋ | to differ, to be different (from each other), to be separate |
| ទៀត | tiət | 1. again, still, more, further, yet, additional 2. to be different, other |
| ប៉េងប៉ោះ | peeŋ pɑh | tomato |
| ចំនួន | cɑmnuən | amount, number, quantity |
| ខ្ទឹមបារាំង | ktɨm baaraŋ | onion |
| មើម | məəm | tuber, tuberous root, bulb, tubercle, rhizome |
| ម្ទេសប្លោក | mteeh plaok | kind of long hot pepper |
| ផងដែរ | pʰɑɑŋ dae | also, too, as well |
| ម្ហូប | mhoup | food, meal |
| ពេលព្រឹក | peel prɨk | morning, in the morning |
| ពេលល្ងាច | peel lŋiec | evening, in the evening |
| ពេលថ្ងៃត្រង់ | peel tŋay trɑŋ | noon, at noon |
| ខ្លួនឯង | kluən ʔaeŋ | 1. oneself 2. personally, on one's own, by oneself |
| អត់ | ʔɑt | 1. no, not 2. to be without, lacking 3. to restrain oneself, abstain from 4. particle to form yes/no questions |
| ទិញ | tɨɲ | to buy |
| ពី | pii | from, since, of, about, at |
| ផ្សារ | psaa | market, bazaar, fair |
| 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!} |
| ប្រើប្រាស់ | praə prah | to use |
| នរណាម្នាក់ | nɔɔnaa mneak | somebody, anybody |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| ជួយ | cuəy | to help, to assist |
| ចម្អិន | cɑmʔən | to cook, to prepare food Notes: root: ឆ្អិន; also written ចំអិន |
| 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 |
| 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 |