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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 |
| បន្ទាប់ពី | bɑntoap pii | after, next |
| គាត់ | koat | 1. he/him/his 2. she/her 3. they/them/their (formal/polite 3rd person pronoun) 4. you/your (intimate) |
| 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 |
| បន្ទប់ | bɑntup | room |
| សង្គ្រោះ | sɑŋkrʊəh | 1. to help, save, rescue 2. to resuscitate 3. to support 4. help, saving, support, assistance 5. to be included |
| បន្ទាន់ | bɑntoan | 1. to hurry, make haste 2. to rush, speed up, hurry someone up 3. do with urgency 4. to be pressing, urgent, immediate Notes: root: ទាន់ |
| 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 |
| អញ្ចឹង | ʔɑɲcəŋ | 1. in that case, so, then, therefore 2. like this/that 3. this/that much |
| ក្រុម | krom | group, team |
| គ្រូពេទ្យ | kruu pɛɛt | medial doctor, medical practitioner Notes: irregular pronunciation: ពែត |
| ក៏ | kɑɑ | marker of sequential or consecutive action: also, so, then, therefore, accordingly |
| ចាប់ផ្ដើម | cap pdaəm | to begin, start Notes: ជើង ដ |
| ចាក់ | cak | 1. to stab, pierce (with a pointed instrument) 2. to pour (a liquid) 3. to play (a record or tape) |
| ថ្នាំ | tnam | 1. medicine 2. herb, tobacco 3. paint |
| 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 |
| ដោយសារតែ | daoy saa tae | because |
| 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’ |
| របួស | rɔbuəh | 1. to be injured, wounded 2. wound, injury |
| ដូច្នេះ | doucneh | 1. so, thus, therefore 2. like this |
| អ្នក | neak | 1. you (to equals of both sexes) 2. person, one who... (used as an agentive particle to create nouns from predicatives) |
| ព្យួរ | pyuə | 1. to hang, suspend 2. to allow to dangle 3. to postpone |
| សេរ៉ូម | seeroum | serum |
| ដើម្បី | daəmbəy | in order to, for, to, toward, reserved for |
| បំបាត់ | bɑmbat | 1. to eliminate, abolish 2. to remove, cause to disappear 3. to allay (hunger) 4. to stop, cease 5. to cheat, swindle, trick 6. to appropriate, seize, annex |
| 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) |
| ឈឺចាប់ | cʰɨɨ cap | 1. to be sick, ill 2. to feel acute pain, hurt, suffer 3. to be hurt (physically or mentally) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| កំពុងតែ | kɑmpuŋ tae | to be in the process of (doing something) |
| 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 |
| ម្ជុល | mcul | needle (for sewing, knitting, or giving injections), pin |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| របស់ | rɔbɑh | 1. object, thing, belonging, property 2. of, belonging to |
| ម្ជុលចាក់ថ្នាំ | mcul cak tnam | hypodermic needle |
| ជា | cie | 1. to be (equal to), to be as 2. to be well, in good health, recovered 3. to be effective (of medicines) |
| 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!} |
| តូច | touc, tuuc | 1. small, little, tiny 2. minor |
| 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]!} |
| ប្រឡោះ | prɑlɑh | 1. interval, gap, space between two limits/poles 2. fissure Notes: also written ប្រលោះ |
| ឬក៏ | rɨɨ kɑɑ | or (on the other hand) |
| នោះ | nuh | 1. that, those (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something distant in time or space) 2. then |
| ប្រហោង | prɑhaoŋ | 1. hole, opening, orifice 2. interval, hollow 3. to be empty, vacant |
| ខាងក្នុង | kʰaaŋ knoŋ | 1. inside, within 2. interior, inner, internal Notes: also stand for 'inside the house' |
| បង្ហូរ | bɑŋhou | 1. to cause to flow 2. to discharge (a liquid) 3. to stream, gush 4. to drain, empty (water from an irrigated field) 5. to allow animals to run freely Notes: root: ហូរ |
| 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!} |
| ខ្លួន | kluən | 1. body, figure, person, self 2. reflexive pronoun: myself, yourself, himself etc. |
| ពេលខ្លះ | peel klah | sometimes |
| គេ | kee | 1. he, she 2. one, someone 3. other(s) |
| ប្រើ | praə | to use |
| ប្រសិនបើ | prɑsən baə | if |
| អត់សូវ | ʔɑt səv | 1. not so much 2. rather not |
| ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ | tŋʊən tŋɔɔ | 1. to be serious, grave, heavy 2. to be patient, perseverant 3. to endure, bear up well under hardship |
| 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!} |
| គ្រាន់តែ | kroan tae | just, only, only just |
| ឬ | rɨɨ | 1. or 2. phrase-final interrogative particle {មិនមែនឬ = Isn't it true?} |
| សឺរ៉ាំង | səɨraŋ | syringe |
| ជាការស្រេច | cie kaa srac | complete, finished |
| ប៉ុន្តែ | pontae | but, however Notes: ជើង ត; root: តែ |
| ខ្លះ | klah | some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី) |
| 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) |
| ធុង | tʰuŋ | 1. (large) barrel/can, bucket, tank 2. box 3. clf. for barrels, etc. |
| ទឹក | tɨk | 1. water, juice, liquid 2. round (e.g., of a boxing match) |
| ដប | dɑɑp | bottle, jar |
| ប្រើប្រាស់ | praə prah | to use |
| ទុយោ | tuyoo | pipe, pipeline, hose, tube |
| ភ្ជាប់ | pcoap | 1. to fasten, attach, connect, bring/put together 2. to adjust, fit, set 3. to coordinate with Notes: root: ជាប់ |
| ជាមួយនឹង | cie muəy nɨŋ | 1. together, along with 2. with |
| សរសៃ | sɑɑsay, təsay | 1. thread, filament, string, fiber 2. tendon 3. blood vessel 4. nerve 5. vein (of a mineral) 6. clf. for noodles, strings, threads, and other filaments or hair-like objects |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| តិច | təc | 1. to be few (in number), small (in size or extent), less 2. a little bit, somewhat 3. phrase-final: makes a request more polite {ចង់ពឹងឲ្យជួយលើកអីវ៉ាន់តិច = Can you please help me carrying these things?} {ខ្ញុំសុំលអាវនេះតិចបានអេ៎? = Can I try on this shirt here, please?} 4. phrase-initial: expressing concern {តិចមានបញ្ហាអីទៅ បង? = Will this be a problem?} |
| ព្រោះ | prʊəh | because (of), since |
| អ្នកជំងឺ | neak cumŋɨɨ | patient, sick person |
| សភាព | saʔpʰiep | 1. state, condition 2. nature, aspect, appearance 3. disposition 4. form, shape 5. action, deed 6. behavior, character 7. position |
| ធម្មតា | tʰoam meaʔ taa | 1. to be natural, habitual, usual, ordinary 2. usually, ordinarily |
| ឡើងវិញ | laəŋ vɨɲ | following a verb: [verb] again |
| ពេល | peel | 1. time 2. moment, instant, period of time |
| ធូរ | tʰuu | 1. (of one's health) to improve, get better 2. to be improving, getting better, recovering 3. to be loose (fitting), slack, lax, relaxed, at ease 4. lenient 5. easy 6. soft, weak 7. to be flowing, fluid |
| ស្បើយ | sbaəy | 1. (of disease, anger, rain) to abate, calm down, slacken, diminish 2. said when someone sneezes 3. to be superficial 4. to be weakened 5. hopeless |
| ដោយ | daoy | 1. by, with, along 2. (indicator of an adverb) in a ... manner 3. because |
| តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ | tae ponnɑh | only, only that much |
| 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)} |
| បុរស | boʔrɑh | man, male person |
| ម្នាក់ | mneak | 1. one person (contraction of មួយនាក់) 2. alone |
| ស្កុត | skot | tape Notes: derived from the brand name Scotch Tape |
| បិទ | bət | 1. to shut, close (e.g., a door, a meeting), to turn off (e.g., an electrical switch), to cease (working), to block (e.g., a road) 2. to cover, seal, to attach (to), fasten (on), to place close to, to apply over, smear on, to glue, paste |
| ត្រង់ | trɑŋ | 1. straight, directly 2. exactly in (some spot) 3. upright, vertical 4. frank, honest, fair |
| 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) |
| កុំឲ្យ | kom ʔaoy | 1. in order that not ..., so as not to ... 2. don't let ... |
| របូត | rɔbout | 1. to slide, slip off, let slip (from one's grasp, out of position) 2. to become loose, detached from, dislocated 3. to escape 4. to remove by sliding off 5. to drop, release, let fall |
| ត្រូវការ | trəv kaa | 1. to need, require, want 2. to be necessary, needed, required |
| រយៈពេល | reaʔyeaʔ peel | 1. interval/period of time 2. duration 3. allotted time |
| យូរ | yuu | 1. slow 2. (of time) long 3. late |
| វា | vie | 1. it (of animals, things, or very young children) 2. he, she, they (familiar or contemptuous) |
| ស្រក់ | srɑk | 1. to drip, to drop, to fall in drops, to trickle 2. to flow |
| 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!} |
| 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 |
| រុំ | rum | 1. to bandage, wrap 2. to dress (a wound) 3. to wind around, coil 4. to turn (something round) |
| ពិបាក | piʔbaak | 1. difficult {ការទិញអីវ៉ាន់នៅខ្មែររៀងពិបាកបន្តិច = buying things in Cambodia is a bit difficult/not easy} {តែពិបាកត្រង់ ឆាប់ងងុយដេក = the problem is: I’m getting tired easily} 2. sad, poor, miserable 3. to suffer |
| ដោត | daot | 1. to plant, to stick up, to push in 2. to put on a spit, to skewer, to put on a line |
| វិញ | vɨɲ | again, back, instead |
| 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 |
| ប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន | proŋ prɑyat | to be careful, be on the alert, be vigilant, be aware of |
| បំផុត | bɑmpʰot | 1. to be the most..., the very..., extreme, extraordinary 2. to terminate, to end, to finish, to conclude 3. final, last |