ជា

marks an adverbial phrase, in a ... manner


ទេ

មិន មិន#Khmer

ពុំ ពុំ#Khmer

អត់ អត់#Khmer

no, not (phrase-final negative marker; usually requires one of the preverbal particles មិន (mɨn), ពុំ (pum), អត់ (ʼɑt), ឥត (ʼət), or a combination of them with other preverbal particles)


ឬ

Independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel ऋ (ṛ) / पॄ (pṝ)


មិន

តែមិនអញ្ចឹងទេ

not, non- (usually requires the phrase-final negative particle ទេ (tei))


នឹង

km-particle

នឹង • (nɨng)


កុំ

kom (romanization)
ការកុំ (abstract-noun)


ថីមិន

ថីមិន • (thəy mɨn)

ថីមិនឃើញ


ការ

From Pali kāra (“doing”) or Sanskrit कार (kāra).

ការកំណត់

ការក្រ

nominalizer creating abstract nouns from verbs, also sometimes from adjectives:


ស្ដេច

ស្ដេច • (sdac)

From Old Khmer stec, stac, stāc (“to be supreme in status and power”). Compare Thai เสด็จ (sà-dèt).

honorific particle used before a verb of motion if the king is the subject


ទី

From Chinese 第 (dì, ordinal number marker). Compare Thai ที่ (tîi).

ទី១

ទី២


ដឹង

dəng (romanization)
ការដឹង (abstract-noun)


ទាន

ទាន • (tiən)

indicating politeness or respect, often placed at the end of a sentence.


សូម

soum (romanization)
ការសូម (abstract-noun)

From Angkorian Old Khmer svaṃ ~ svam, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer soṃ ~ som. Doublet of សុំ (som).


សូម

សូមថាតាមខ្ញុំ

ខ្ញុំសូមទៅបានទេ?

please, would you, would you please (a polite term used to introduce a sentence)


អត់

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔət ~ *ʔəət (“used up, finished, lacking”). Cognate with Bahnar ơ̆t (“to hold breath, to fast”), Proto-Katuic *ʔet (“exhausted”) (whence Kuy ʔɛt ("tired")), Mon အိုတ် (“to be finished, exhausted”), Pear ʔet ("not"), Sa'och ʔeːt ("all"), Vietnamese hết (“to be out of stock, to be over, all”), Riang [Lang] ʔət¹ ("to stop, to halt").
Compare also Thai อด (òt, “to endure, to starve”).


អត់

ʼɑt (romanization)
ការអត់ (abstract-noun)

to bear, endure, put up with, withstand, resist


ទៅ

Cognate with Northern Khmer เติ็ว.
Compare Hokkien 佇 (tī / tū / tǐr / tīr / tǐ, “to be at; in; at”).

ncog

away, off (often used as a particle that indicates that the action began at some point in the past or present and continues into the future, or that the action is directed away from the speaker)


នេះ

Compare Lao ນີ້ (nī) and Thai นี้ (níi) and Thai นี่ (nîi). Possibly from Thai นี้ (níi) and Thai นี่ (nîi)

noun + នេះ + noun

verb + នេះ + verb

this, these (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space)


កំពុង

km-verb

កំពុង • (kɑmpung) (abstract noun ការកំពុង)

kɑmpung (romanization)
ការកំពុង (abstract-noun)

to be heaping full, brimming over, chock-full, well developed, prominent


អត់ទេ

km-particle

អត់ទេ • (ʼɑt tei)


ឬទេ

ឬទេ • (rɨɨ tei)

or not? (phrase-final interrogative particle)


ដ៏

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *tɔʔ (“that, there”). Cognate with Vietnamese đó.

ដ៏កំពូល

topmost, highest (literally, "which is the high point")

which, the one which (pre-adjectival particle used especially in formal and literary styles to link an attribute or clause to a noun, or a verb to its object; it gives the phrase more emphasis)


សេចក្តី

សេចក្តី • (sackdəy)

-ness (derives abstract nouns from verbs or adjectives; these derivative nouns generally have the meaning of "the condition or state of...")


សេចក្ដី

km-noun

សេចក្ដី • (sackdəy)

សេចក្តី សេចក្តី#Khmer


ទាំង

km-adv

ទាំង • (tĕəng)

មានទាំងគំនូរផង

also, as well, in addition to (in the construction ទាំង ...ផង (tĕəng …phɑɑng))


ទាំង

km-con

ទាំង • (tĕəng)

even (when), even though, at the same time (marks a contradiction between the action and the circumstances under which it was accomplished)


ទាំង

km-prep

ទាំង • (tĕəng)


សុំ

som (romanization)
ការសុំ (abstract-noun)

From Old Khmer suṃ, shortened allomorph of Old Khmer soṃ, whence Modern Khmer សូម (soum).


សុំ

សូម សូម#Khmer

(sometimes used in place of សូម (soum)) please, would you please, would you


អេះ

លោកសុខសប្បាយជាអេះ

(colloquial) variant of ទេ (tei) as a final interrogative or intensive marker


ឯង

you see, after all, indeed, just (phrase-final intensifying particle)


ផូង

phoung (romanization)
ហ្វូង (alternative)

ផូងគេ


មេត្តា

km-verb

មេត្តា • (meittaa) (abstract noun ការមេត្តា)

meittaa (romanization)
ការមេត្តា (abstract-noun)

to forgive; to pity, feel compassion for, have mercy on


ទ្រង់

km-particle

ទ្រង់ • (trŭəng)

honorific particle used before verbs, nouns, pronouns referring to members of the royalty.


សិន

(polite final hortatory particle) for now, for the time being, for a moment, first


ស្មោះ

ស្មោះ • (smɑh)


តស់

តស់ញ៉ាំបាយ

(colloquial) well, let's go, come on, let's