"តែ" meaning in Khmer

See តែ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: tae [romanization]
Etymology: Compare Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ). Possibly from Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ). Etymology templates: {{cog|th|แต่}} Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), {{cog|lo|ແຕ່}} Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ), {{bor|km|th|แต่}} Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ) Head templates: {{km-adv}} តែ • (tae)
  1. only, just
    Sense id: en-តែ-km-adv-TByd7UQB
  2. particule used to derive many compound adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions or preverbs.
    Sense id: en-តែ-km-adv-b7Q~2AGD Categories (other): Khmer entries with incorrect language header, Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Khmer terms with redundant script codes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Beverages Disambiguation of Khmer entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 0 0 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 26 53 10 10 Disambiguation of Khmer terms with redundant script codes: 32 68 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 0 0 Disambiguation of Beverages: 14 86 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ប៉ុន្តែ (pontae) (english: however), ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ (kɑɑ pontae), គួរតែ (kuə tae) (english: it's right to, one ought to), លុះត្រាតែ (luh traa tae), លលាតែ (lĕəʼliə tae) (english: crazy; crazily), ស្ទើរតែ (stəə tae) (english: hardly), ស្រាប់តែ (srap tae) (english: suddenly)
Etymology number: 2

Conjunction

Forms: tae [romanization]
Etymology: Compare Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ). Possibly from Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ). Etymology templates: {{cog|th|แต่}} Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), {{cog|lo|ແຕ່}} Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ), {{bor|km|th|แต่}} Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ) Head templates: {{km-con}} តែ • (tae)
  1. but, however, if (ever)
    Sense id: en-តែ-km-conj-H8HOeA39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: tae [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from a variety of Chinese. Compare Northern Khmer แต, Min Nan tê. Etymology templates: {{cog|kxm|แต}} Northern Khmer แต, {{cog|nan|tê}} Min Nan tê Head templates: {{km-noun}} តែ • (tae)
  1. tea Derived forms: ប៉ាន់តែ (pan tae), ស្លឹកតែ (slək tae), ទឹកតែ (tɨk tae)
    Sense id: en-តែ-km-noun-qfdNHsNu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kxm",
        "2": "แต"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Khmer แต",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan",
        "2": "tê"
      },
      "expansion": "Min Nan tê",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from a variety of Chinese. Compare Northern Khmer แต, Min Nan tê.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "តែ • (tae)",
      "name": "km-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khmer",
  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "pan tae",
          "word": "ប៉ាន់តែ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "slək tae",
          "word": "ស្លឹកតែ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tɨk tae",
          "word": "ទឹកតែ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tea"
      ],
      "id": "en-តែ-km-noun-qfdNHsNu",
      "links": [
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "តែ"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "แต่"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "ແຕ່"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "th",
        "3": "แต่"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ). Possibly from Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ).",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "តែ • (tae)",
      "name": "km-con"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khmer",
  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "but, however, if (ever)"
      ],
      "id": "en-តែ-km-conj-H8HOeA39",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ],
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "តែ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "however",
      "roman": "pontae",
      "word": "ប៉ុន្តែ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kɑɑ pontae",
      "word": "ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "it's right to, one ought to",
      "roman": "kuə tae",
      "word": "គួរតែ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "luh traa tae",
      "word": "លុះត្រាតែ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "crazy; crazily",
      "roman": "lĕəʼliə tae",
      "word": "លលាតែ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hardly",
      "roman": "stəə tae",
      "word": "ស្ទើរតែ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "suddenly",
      "roman": "srap tae",
      "word": "ស្រាប់តែ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "แต่"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "ແຕ່"
      },
      "expansion": "Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
        "2": "th",
        "3": "แต่"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ). Possibly from Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "តែ • (tae)",
      "name": "km-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khmer",
  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "only, just"
      ],
      "id": "en-តែ-km-adv-TByd7UQB",
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ],
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "12 88 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 53 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "km",
          "name": "Beverages",
          "orig": "km:Beverages",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particule used to derive many compound adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions or preverbs."
      ],
      "id": "en-តែ-km-adv-b7Q~2AGD"
    }
  ],
  "word": "តែ"
}
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    "Khmer conjunctions",
    "Khmer entries with incorrect language header",
    "Khmer lemmas",
    "Khmer nouns",
    "Khmer terms borrowed from Thai",
    "Khmer terms derived from Thai",
    "Khmer terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "km:Beverages"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "pan tae",
      "word": "ប៉ាន់តែ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "slək tae",
      "word": "ស្លឹកតែ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tɨk tae",
      "word": "ទឹកតែ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "1": "kxm",
        "2": "แต"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Khmer แต",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan",
        "2": "tê"
      },
      "expansion": "Min Nan tê",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from a variety of Chinese. Compare Northern Khmer แต, Min Nan tê.",
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    {
      "form": "tae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "tea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "តែ"
}

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    "Khmer entries with incorrect language header",
    "Khmer lemmas",
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    "Khmer terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "args": {
        "1": "th",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "km",
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      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Compare Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ). Possibly from Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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    {
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      "expansion": "តែ • (tae)",
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    }
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    {
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        "but, however, if (ever)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but"
        ],
        [
          "however",
          "however"
        ],
        [
          "if",
          "if"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "តែ"
}

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    "Khmer entries with incorrect language header",
    "Khmer lemmas",
    "Khmer terms borrowed from Thai",
    "Khmer terms derived from Thai",
    "Khmer terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Khmer terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Khmer terms with redundant script codes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "km:Beverages"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "however",
      "roman": "pontae",
      "word": "ប៉ុន្តែ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kɑɑ pontae",
      "word": "ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ"
    },
    {
      "english": "it's right to, one ought to",
      "roman": "kuə tae",
      "word": "គួរតែ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "luh traa tae",
      "word": "លុះត្រាតែ"
    },
    {
      "english": "crazy; crazily",
      "roman": "lĕəʼliə tae",
      "word": "លលាតែ"
    },
    {
      "english": "hardly",
      "roman": "stəə tae",
      "word": "ស្ទើរតែ"
    },
    {
      "english": "suddenly",
      "roman": "srap tae",
      "word": "ស្រាប់តែ"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "แต่"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ແຕ່"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "แต่"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ). Possibly from Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ).",
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    {
      "form": "tae",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "តែ • (tae)",
      "name": "km-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Khmer",
  "lang_code": "km",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "only, just"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "only",
          "only"
        ],
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "particule used to derive many compound adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions or preverbs."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "តែ"
}

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