ខ្សែ

classifier for stories, volumes of stories, scrolls


អ្នក

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អ្នក • (nĕək)

Lao: ນັກ (nak)

Possibly related to Malay anak (“child; native of”).


តួ

Ultimately from Chinese 頭 (OC *[m-t]ˁo). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨲᩫ᩠ᩅ, Thai ตัว (dtuua), Lao ໂຕ (tō) or ຕົວ (tūa), Lü ᦷᦎ (ṫo), Tai Dam ꪶꪔ, Shan တူဝ် (tǒ), Ahom 𑜄𑜥 (tū) or 𑜄𑜤 (tu), Zhuang duz, Saek ทั๊ว. Compare also Japanese 頭 (tō, “counter for certain animals”).

cog

classifier for letters of the alphabet, vehicle bodies, or characters in a play

(dialect, Surin) classifier for tables, chairs, and articles of clothing


ដុំ

→ Eastern Cham: ḍaum (“group”)

Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁um (“collection, accumulation”).

inh+

classifier for pieces, lumps (such as sugar), and chunks (especially of earth, rock, wood), stones, parcels of land, and groups of people or houses

ស្រឡឹង ស្រឡឹង#Khmer

classifier for units of 800 count silk threads (see also ស្រឡឹង (srɑləŋ))


គ្នា

នាក់ នាក់#Khmer

classifier for persons (rarely replaces នាក់ (nĕək))


មុខ

From Sanskrit मुख (mukha, “mouth, face”).

ម្ហូបមួយមុខ


ច្បាប់

From Middle Khmer ច្បាប្ប (cpāppa). Cognate with Thai ฉบับ (chà-bàp).

classifier for letters, notes, documents, stories, or copies of documents, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines


ក្បាល

From Old Khmer កបាល (kapāla), ក្បាល (kpāla, “skull”), from Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”) or Pali kapāla (“skull”). Cognate with Northern Khmer กบาล, Thai กบาล (gà-baan), Lao ກະບານ (ka bān).

classifier for animals and dehumanized persons such as enemy soldiers


គ្រាប់

classifier for small, round objects such as pellets, grains, seeds, pills, tablets, or bullets


គ្រឿង

Borrowed from Thai เครื่อง (krʉ̂ʉang, “machine”). Compare Thai เครื่อง (krʉ̂ʉang), Lao ເຄື່ອງ (khư̄ang), Lü ᦵᦆᦲᧂᧈ (xoeng¹), Shan ၶိူင်ႈ (khōeng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (khüṅ).

bor+

classifier for machines, motorized vehicles, bicycles


ដើម

a classifier for long, thin, stick-like objects such as trees, poles, pencils, and guns


ផែន

classifier for disks, sheets, plates, or flat objects in general (especially objects that are flat and stacked up; commonly used for disks of sugar)


ម៉ាត់

classifier for words, utterances, mouthfuls, or gulps


រូប

From Pali rūpa, from Sanskrit रूप (rūpa, “appearance, figure, form”).

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មនុស្សប្រាំរូប

classifier for pictures, shapes, forms, images, statues, respected persons


ប្រអប់

classifier for suits of clothing, sets of tools and equipment


សន្លឹក

classifier for thin flat objects such as sheets of paper and leaves


សម្រាប់

sɑmrap (romanization)
សំរាប់ (alternative)

From ស្រាប់ (srap, “to be available for”) with infixed -VN-.

km-affix

classifier for suits of clothing, sets of tools and equipment, decks of cards


អង្គ

From Pali aṅga (“constituent part, characteristic part”), from Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “body, component, member, part”); perhaps via Old Khmer អង្គ (ʼaṅga), អង (ʼaṅa), អំ (ʼã, “member, part; article, item, thing; body, person”). Compare Lao ອົງ (ʼong), Thai องค์ (ong).

der

classifier for monks, clergy, exalted people, royalty, images of Buddha, deities, and letters of the alphabet


ចាន

Compare Chinese 盞／盏 (zhǎn). Cognate with Thai จาน (jaan), Lao ຈານ (chān).


ដប

classifier for bottles of water, wine, cola, etc.


កែវ

From Old Khmer កេវ (kēva, “crystal; glass; jewelry”). Cognate with Thai แก้ว (gɛ̂ɛo).

inh

classifier for glassfuls of water, wine, juice, etc.


ដៃ

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iiʔ. Cognate with Pacoh ati, Bahnar ti, Bolyu ti⁵⁵, Riang [Lang] tiʔ¹. Vietnamese tay is not certainly related.

classifier for handfuls of young rice plants, grass


កន្លះ

ម៉ោងមួយកន្លះ


ឡាន

From Thai ลาน (laan, “spring (in a mechanism)”).


ជើង

From Old Khmer ជេង៑ (jeṅ), ជេង (jeṅa), ជើង (jœṅa, “north; lower limb; leg; foot; bottom; edge; base; basis; stand; support; etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟuŋ ~ *ɟuəŋ ~ *ɟəŋ (“leg, foot”). Cognate with Bahnar jơ̆ng, Mon ဇိုၚ်, Vietnamese chân, and Thai เชิง (chəəng). Munda cognates include Santali ᱡᱟᱝᱜᱟ (jaṅga).


កូន

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kuun ~ *kuən (“child”). Cognate with Muong còn, Thavung กอน, Mon ကောန် (kon), Vietnamese con, Bahnar kon, Khasi khun, Central Nicobarese kōan, outside Mon-Khmer: Thai โกน (goon), กูน (guun).

classifier for pieces of chalk, (flashlight) batteries


វង់

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វង់ • (vʊəŋ)

From Old Khmer វាង៑ (vāṅ), វាង្ង៑ (vāṅṅ), វង៑ (vaṅ, “enclosure; citadel, fort, fortress, stronghold; palace; to encircle, to enclose, to surround; to bar, to block; to screen, to shield; etc”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *wa(a)ŋ (“enclosure”). Doublet of វាំង (vĕəng), ពាំង (pĕəng), and វៀង (viəng).
វង់ is also the allomorph of modern ពង់ (pŭəng, “to puff up”).

doublet

classifier for circular objects such as rings and groups of people sitting in a circle (card players, children playing a game, etc.)


ស្លឹក

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ស្លឹក • (slək)

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ (“leaf”), cognate with Vietnamese lá (“leaf”). Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf”), whence Chinese 茶 (chá, “tea”) and Burmese လက်ဖက် (lakhpak, “tea plant”).

ផ្លូន ផ្លូន#Khmer

classifier for 400 fruits, equal to 10 ផ្លូន (phloun)


យ៉ាង

From Chinese 樣 /样 (yàng), cognate with Thai อย่าง (yàang).


កន្ទុយ

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កន្ទុយ • (kântŭy)


ទង

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ទង • (tɔɔng)

classifier for stems, stalks (e.g. of flowers)


ស្នែង

From សែង (saeng, “to carry a load on a pole by 2 or more people”) with infixed -n- (instrumental).


ក្រញរ

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ក្រញរ • (krɑɑñɑɑ)

classifier for hits, blows, punches with the knuckles


សរសៃ

សរសៃ • (sɑɑ say)

សក់មួយសរសៃ

classifier for strings, threads, hairs, etc.


វែក

From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer vek ~ ʼahvek, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *()waik (“ladle, spoon”). Cognate with Northern Khmer เว็ฮ, Kensiu ʔawɛk, Kuy (ʔaː)wɛ̀ːʔ.


ល្វែង

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ល្វែង • (lvɛɛng)


ជុំ

From Old Khmer jum, juṃ, juṃm, cuṃ (“about, round; to encircle, to ring, to surround; to group together, to embody, to include, to unite; etc”). Cognate with Vietnamese chùm (“cluster”), Bahnar jum (“around”).

classifier for revolutions, circuits, rounds, turns, laps or movements around something


ស្នើ

From សើ (saə, “superficial”) with infixed -n-. Also spelt ស្នើរ (snaə).


បាច់

classifier for bunches, bundles, sheaves


ផ្ទាំង

classifier for flat objects such as walls and pieces of cloth, stone, paper, wood, metal


ស្និត

From សិត (sət, “to comb”) with infixed -n- (instrumental).. Compare Khasi snad (“comb”).


ប៉ាវ

packets (especially of 12 or 24 needles)

small package or pouch (e.g. for tobacco)


ហុង

classifier for reels or spools of thread


ដួង

classifier for globes, spheres, and stars


ធ្លាយ

classifier for bunches of coconuts and palm fruit