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ប្រពៃណី
Tradition
ប្រពៃណី
Transliteration
brɑ̆beyni
⏵
🔊
B1
IPA
/ɓrɑpɨjniː/
GD
brapeyni
ប្រពៃណី Meaning in English
Tradition
Custom
Definitions
Noun
tradition, custom
Headley
Noun
tradition, custom
Wiktionary
មើលក្នុងពាក្យ បវេណី ។
Chuon Nath
Compound Words
អាប
ប្រពៃណី
Benign Spirit
អាបប្រពៃណី / Benign Spirit
'ab brɑ̆beyni
C2
spirit no longer considered capable of inflicting any harm
ចម្រៀង
ប្រពៃណី
Folk Music
ចម្រៀងប្រពៃណី / Folk Music
jɑ̆mriĕng brɑ̆beyni
C2
ច្បាប់សណ្តាប់
ប្រពៃណី
Customary law
ច្បាប់សណ្តាប់ប្រពៃណី / Customary law
jbăb sɑ̆ndăb brɑ̆beyni
C2
custom(s)
Possible Synonyms
ចំណាំ
Note
ចំណាំ / Note
B1
ទំនង
Process
ទំនង / Process
B1
ទម្លាប់
Habit
ទម្លាប់ / Habit
B1
ស្ថិតិ
Statistics
ស្ថិតិ / Statistics
B1
ទំនឹម
Figurative Expression
ទំនឹម / Figurative Expression
B1
សណ្តាប់
Manner
សណ្តាប់ / Manner
B1
ទំនៀម
Tradition
ទំនៀម / Tradition
B1
ទំនៀមទម្លាប់
Tradition
ទំនៀមទម្លាប់ / Tradition
B1
បវេណី
Tradition
បវេណី / Tradition
B1
ធម្មតា
Natural
ធម្មតា / Natural
B1
ច្បាប់
Law
ច្បាប់ / Law
B1
សម័យ
Era
សម័យ / Era
B1
វត្ត
Monastery
វត្ត / Monastery
B1
គន្លង
Trace
គន្លង / Trace
B1
ព្រេង
Legend
ព្រេង / Legend
B1
វោហារ
Rhetoric
វោហារ / Rhetoric
B1
សីល
Morality
សីល / Morality
B1
របៀបរបប
Regime mode
របៀបរបប / Regime mode
B1
ស្បាត
Spat
ស្បាត / Spat
B1
ដំណាល
Simultaneously
ដំណាល / Simultaneously
B1
ទំរេល
Tradition
ទំរេល / Tradition
B1
ទំនឹមទំនៀម
Tradition
ទំនឹមទំនៀម / Tradition
B1
បទនិយម
Tradition
បទនិយម / Tradition
B1
រីតិ
Tradition
រីតិ / Tradition
B1
កេរ្ត៍ដំណែល
Heritage
កេរ្ត៍ដំណែល / Heritage
B1
ប្បវេណី
Tradition
ប្បវេណី / Tradition
B1
អនុសារ
Tradition
អនុសារ / Tradition
B1
Etymology
Sanskrit - From प्रवेणी (praveṇī, “braid of hair worn by widows
Links
Wiktionary
Sentences with ប្រពៃណី
តាម / Follow
76/41
Starter - Advanced
to follow, pursue; to agree, go along; to take after (someone); to imitate (someone).
តាម
dam
Follow
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Traditionally
កុំ / Don’t
0/626
A1 - Advanced
do not ...
កុំ
gom
Don’t
បំផ្លាញ / Destroy
0/904
A2
to destroy, devastate, lay waste to, annihilate; to squander; to trample (on); to abuse, violate grossly
បំផ្លាញ
bɑmplan
Destroy
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Do not destroy tradition
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
អើយ / Particle Indicating Affection
0/4668
A2 - Advanced
familiar vocative particle used after names of persons, titles, kinship terms and certain other words to indicate affection, pity, depression, or despair. In some cases, with inanimate words, it may serve to personify them. It may also be used in calling someone or trying to attract someone's attention
អើយ
'aeuy
Particle Indicating Affection
ខុស / Wrong
989/319
Starter - Advanced
to be wrong; to be mistaken; to be different.
ខុស
kŏh
Wrong
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Brother, it is not traditional
កុំ / Don’t
0/626
A1 - Advanced
do not ...
កុំ
gom
Don’t
ធ្វើអ្វី / Doing What?
0/1572
A2
to do what; doing what
ធ្វើ,អ្វី
ធ្វើអ្វី
tweu 'wi
Doing What?
ខុស / Wrong
989/319
Starter - Advanced
to be wrong; to be mistaken; to be different.
ខុស
kŏh
Wrong
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
សួរ / Ask
79/740
Starter
to ask, inquire, question; to ask about one's health, greet
សួរ
suŏ
Ask
ថា / That/Say
4/9
Starter - Advanced
to say, tell, pronounce; specif. to criticize, blameconj. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
ថា
ta
That/Say
អ្នកណា / Who
0/1656
Starter
who, whom; someone, anyone
អ្នក,ណា
អ្នកណា
neăg na
Who
អ្នក / You
26/25
Essential
you (to equals of both sexes; somewhat less formal than លោក); you (to an older brother or sister-in-law).
អ្នក
neăg
You
វិនិច្ឆ័យ / Arbitrate/Warrant
0/3518
B2
to judge, adjudicate, draw a conclusion, make a decision; to sentence.
វិនិច្ឆ័យ
vĭnĭjchay
Arbitrate/Warrant
?
They are told not to do anything that goes against the norm of the culture, But who are they to judge?
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ចូលស្តី / Propose
0/0
B1
To ask someone to marry
ចូល,ស្តី
ចូលស្តី
jol sdei
Propose
ទោះបី / Although
0/1466
A2 - Advanced
even, if, although, in case
ទោះ,បី
ទោះបី
dŏăh bei
Although
សម័យថ្មី / New era
0/5395
C1
modern times; new trends
សម័យ,ថ្មី
សម័យថ្មី
sɑ̆may tmei
New era
ក៏ / Also
57/34
A1
marker of sequential or consecutive action also, so, then, therefore, accordingly
ក៏
gɑ
Also
មិន / Not
51/18
Starter
not, non- (usually requires the phrase-final negative particle ទេ (tei))
មិន
mĭn
Not
ភ្លេច / Forget
0/1744
A2
to forget
ភ្លេច
pléj
Forget
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
LET ME MARRY YOU EVEN THIS IS MODERN GENERATION I WILL NEVER ABANDON THE TRADITIONAL WAY
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
គោរព / Respect
0/661
A2 - Advanced
respect.
គោរព
gorɔb
Respect
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
We respect tradition
សមនឹង / Since
0/3341
B1
since, in addition to the fact that; to fit / go well with
សម,នឹង
សមនឹង
sɑm nʉ̆ng
Since
តម្លៃ / Value/Price
743/69
Starter
price, value
តម្លៃ
dɑ̆mlai
Value/Price
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
Fits our traditional values
សំលៀកបំពាក់ / Clothing
0/12407
B1
clothing, clothes, dress
សំលៀក,បំពាក់
សំលៀកបំពាក់
sɑmliĕg bɑmbeăg
Clothing
សម / Faded/Fork
643/221
A1
to be wilted, faded
សម
sɑm
Faded/Fork
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Traditional clothes
my culture
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ទំនៀមទម្លាប់ / Tradition
0/4113
C2
custom, tradition; culture
ទំនៀម,ទម្លាប់
ទំនៀមទម្លាប់
dumniĕm dɔ̆mloăb
Tradition
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Even after a day, there are still many people.
ព្រោះ / Because
0/142
Starter - Advanced
because, since
ព្រោះ
brŏăh
Because
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ខ្ញុំ / I/Me/My
2/28
Essential
I / me / my ;
Surin
I / me / my (female speaking to a respected person)
ខ្ញុំ
knyom
I/Me/My
មិន / Not
51/18
Starter
not, non- (usually requires the phrase-final negative particle ទេ (tei))
មិន
mĭn
Not
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aôy
Give
រំលង / Skip
0/2117
A2
to go beyond, skip over; to infringe, violate / break (e.g. the law); (of time) to elapse, pass
រំលង
rumlɔng
Skip
I will never look over my Khmer tradition
គោរព / Respect
0/661
A2 - Advanced
respect.
គោរព
gorɔb
Respect
នាង / She/Her
0/90
Essential
young woman (married or unmarried), girl, Miss.
នាង
néang
She/Her
អើយ / Particle Indicating Affection
0/4668
A2 - Advanced
familiar vocative particle used after names of persons, titles, kinship terms and certain other words to indicate affection, pity, depression, or despair. In some cases, with inanimate words, it may serve to personify them. It may also be used in calling someone or trying to attract someone's attention
អើយ
'aeuy
Particle Indicating Affection
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Respect her, tradition
ចង្វាក់ / Genre/Rhythm
0/2411
B1 - Advanced
rhythm, beat, tempo, cadence (of music); pulse
ចង្វាក់
jɑ̆ngwăg
Genre/Rhythm
អើយ / Particle Indicating Affection
0/4668
A2 - Advanced
familiar vocative particle used after names of persons, titles, kinship terms and certain other words to indicate affection, pity, depression, or despair. In some cases, with inanimate words, it may serve to personify them. It may also be used in calling someone or trying to attract someone's attention
អើយ
'aeuy
Particle Indicating Affection
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Traditional rhythm
សម្រាប់ / For
7/47
Starter - Advanced
to be intended (for), serve (as), be used (for, as).
សម្រាប់
sɑ̆mrăb
For
សម្រស់ / Appearance
425/1401
A2
freshness, charm, beauty
សម្រស់
sɑ̆mruŏh
Appearance
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ចែង / Stated
0/1513
B1
to declare, inform, express, say, state; to explain, make clear
ចែង
jaeng
Stated
...
For traditional beauty...
ស្គាល់ / Know
0/436
A1 - Advanced
to know (someone), recognize, have seen before.
ស្គាល់
sgoăl
Know
ទេ / No
0/42
Essential
phrase final negative marker; usually occurs in conjunction with one of the preverbal negative particles មិន, ពុំ, អត់, ឥត or combinations of these particles with other preverbal particles, e.g. មិនដែល់
i
no
ទេ
dé
No
ល្ខោន / Show
0/3176
B1 - Advanced
drama, theatrical performance, floor show, stage show
ល្ខោន
lkaôn
Show
បុណ្យភូមិ / Village Festival
0/0
B2
បុណ្យ,ភូមិ
បុណ្យភូមិ
bŏn pum
Village Festival
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Get to know the traditional village festivals
លួច / Steal
0/557
A1 - Advanced
to steal; to do something in a sneaky / underhanded manner.
លួច
luŏj
Steal
យក / Take
511/74
Starter - Advanced
to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold; to take (away); to steal; to bring; to borrow; to get, obtain, achieve; to accept (Surin dial. yuə)
យក
yɔg
Take
ក្បាច់ / Drawing
0/900
A2 - Advanced
drawing, carving, design, pattern; embellishment
ក្បាច់
gbăj
Drawing
គុណ / Merit
0/1296
A2 - Advanced
merit, good deed, favor, kindness; virtue; something worthy of remembrance
គុណ
gŭn
Merit
វប្បធម៌ / Culture
0/677
A2 - Advanced
culture; cultivation of the mind; of or pertaining to culture
វប្ប,ធម៌
វប្បធម៌
vɔb atɔr
Culture
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Stealing traditional martial arts and culture
ចូលឆ្នាំ / new year
0/3595
A2
new year
ចូល,ឆ្នាំ
ចូលឆ្នាំ
jol chnăm
new year
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
សប្បាយ / Happy
0/1071
Essential
to be happy, merry, pleasant, fun; kind, salubrious, beneficial, healthy, wholesome.
សប្បាយ
sɑ̆bay
Happy
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
បី / Three
0/149
Essential
three
បី
bei
Three
ថ្ងៃ / Day
177/49
Essential
day, daytime; daylight
ថ្ងៃ
tngai
Day
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
បទ / Melody
852/187
Starter
stanza, verse, phrase; piece of music, hymn, song; (musical) note; metre.
បទ
bɑd
Melody
ឡូយ / Arrongant
0/3964
B1
to be arrogant, haughty, insolent; conceited
ឡូយ
loy
Arrongant
ឆាយ / Flatten
0/2557
B1
to level land (esp. with a shovel), make flat, spread out; to cultivate, work the land
ឆាយ
chay
Flatten
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Our New Year is a happy three-day event, with fun songs and traditions.
រាំវង់ / Circle Dance
0/10751
B1
to dance the Ram Vong (a traditional dance); the Ram Vong dance
រាំ,វង់
រាំវង់
rŏâm vuŏng
Circle Dance
ស្គរដៃ / Hand Drum
0/0
B2 - Advanced
kind of small drum similar to a bongo drum
ស្គរ,ដៃ
ស្គរដៃ
sgɔ dai
Hand Drum
ចង្វាក់ / Genre/Rhythm
0/2411
B1 - Advanced
rhythm, beat, tempo, cadence (of music); pulse
ចង្វាក់
jɑ̆ngwăg
Genre/Rhythm
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ខ្មែរ / Cambodian
0/105
Essential
to be Khmer, Cambodian.
ខ្មែរ
kmae
Cambodian
Khmer traditional hand drum dance
my culture
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ទំនៀមទម្លាប់ / Tradition
0/4113
C2
custom, tradition; culture
ទំនៀម,ទម្លាប់
ទំនៀមទម្លាប់
dumniĕm dɔ̆mloăb
Tradition
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
អក្សរសាស្ត្រ / Literature
0/6041
C2
literature
អក្សរ,សាស្ត្រ
អក្សរសាស្ត្រ
'ɑ̆gsɑ sasd
Literature
ច្បាស់លាស់ / Clear/Precise
446/1171
A1 - Advanced
to be clear, distinct, precise, accurate
ច្បាស់,លាស់
ច្បាស់លាស់
jbăh loăh
Clear/Precise
My culture has clear traditions and literary customs.
ចង្វាក់ / Genre/Rhythm
0/2411
B1 - Advanced
rhythm, beat, tempo, cadence (of music); pulse
ចង្វាក់
jɑ̆ngwăg
Genre/Rhythm
អើយ / Particle Indicating Affection
0/4668
A2 - Advanced
familiar vocative particle used after names of persons, titles, kinship terms and certain other words to indicate affection, pity, depression, or despair. In some cases, with inanimate words, it may serve to personify them. It may also be used in calling someone or trying to attract someone's attention
អើយ
'aeuy
Particle Indicating Affection
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
កេរ / Heritage
0/3381
B2
heritage, inheritance, legacy, heirloom; estate; personal secret
កេរ
gei
Heritage
ពី / Of/From
17/13
Starter
from, out of; of, about, concerning; for, on behalf of; since; at / in (some past time)
ពី
bi
Of/From
ដូនតា / Ancestor
0/3559
A2 - Advanced
ancestors; grandparents
ដូន,តា
ដូនតា
don da
Ancestor
Traditional rhythms inherited from ancestors
ធំសម្បើម / Huge
0/7605
B1
huge, gigantic
ធំ,សម្បើម
ធំសម្បើម
tum sɑ̆mbaeum
Huge
មិនធ្លាប់មាន / Never Existed
0/0
B2
Fixed collocation meaning “never happened, unprecedented.”
មិនធ្លាប់,មាន
មិនធ្លាប់មាន
mĭn tloăb méan
Never Existed
ទៅលេង / Visit
0/3203
A1
to go to visit
ទៅ,លេង
ទៅលេង
dŏu léng
Visit
សង្ក្រាន្ត / Sankranti
0/8469
C1
arrival, approach, departure
សង្ក្រាន្ត
sɑ̆nggran
Sankranti
បុណ្យ / Celebration
0/808
A2 - Advanced
ceremony, celebration, festival; holiday
បុណ្យ
bŏn
Celebration
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
...
It's so big, it's like never before, going to our traditional festival of Sankranti...
ធំសម្បើម / Huge
0/7605
B1
huge, gigantic
ធំ,សម្បើម
ធំសម្បើម
tum sɑ̆mbaeum
Huge
មិនធ្លាប់មាន / Never Existed
0/0
B2
Fixed collocation meaning “never happened, unprecedented.”
មិនធ្លាប់,មាន
មិនធ្លាប់មាន
mĭn tloăb méan
Never Existed
ទៅលេង / Visit
0/3203
A1
to go to visit
ទៅ,លេង
ទៅលេង
dŏu léng
Visit
សង្ក្រាន្ត / Sankranti
0/8469
C1
arrival, approach, departure
សង្ក្រាន្ត
sɑ̆nggran
Sankranti
បុណ្យ / Celebration
0/808
A2 - Advanced
ceremony, celebration, festival; holiday
បុណ្យ
bŏn
Celebration
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
Huge, never before seen, to celebrate our traditional festival of Sankranti
ចេះ / Know
0/357
Essential
(a) to know (how to do something) be able to (b) to be used to, accustomed to; to keep on doing something; constantly, always, incessantly
ចេះ
jéh
Know
ស៊ី / Consume
0/113
A2
to eat, consume (food or fuel); to guzzle, devour; to corrode (as rust or an acid) (used for animals feeding; with humans it is intimate in urban centers but may be used more generally in rural areas. The following words which translate as `to eat' in English are used in Cambodian: ច្រាស, ច្រាសច្រំ, បុះ, បុះច្រាស, សុល, អំពះ are all vulgar terms conveying the idea of cramming food into the mouth; ឆាន់ is used for Buddhist monks; ញ៉ាំ is a polite term used for the speaker and for persons younger than or the same age as the speaker; ទទួលទាន is respectful; ទទួលព្រះរាជទាន is used by the king referring to himself; បរិភោគ is used to refer to persons of lower rank than the speaker or by persons of lower rank referring to themselves; ពិសា is a polite form used for persons of equal or higher rank; ពិសាក្រយា is used for high officials; ស៊ី is a common neutral or intimate term used especially of animals; សោយ is used of royalty; ហូប is a common rural term; it is used for persons of the same age or rank and is somewhat more polite than ស៊ី not used for animals; ហូប was the favored term by the KR; អាស្រ័យ is used of lower ranking or younger persons; more polite than បរិភោគ )
ស៊ី
si
Consume
ចេះ / Know
0/357
Essential
(a) to know (how to do something) be able to (b) to be used to, accustomed to; to keep on doing something; constantly, always, incessantly
ចេះ
jéh
Know
ផឹក / Drink
0/1411
Starter - Advanced
to drink, swallow a liquid
ផឹក
pœ̆g
Drink
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aôy
Give
អ្នកផង / Everyone
0/13280
B2 - Advanced
people, everyone, the public, the common people; neighbors, others
អ្នក,ផង
អ្នកផង
neăg pɑng
Everyone
រីករាយ / Happy
864/822
A1
to be happy, glad, enthusiastic
រីក,រាយ
រីករាយ
rig réay
Happy
សុំ / Please
0/385
Essential
to ask (for), beg, request, demand.
សុំ
som
Please
គ្រប់ / Every
0/182
A1
all of, every.
គ្រប់
grŭb
Every
កូនខ្មែរ / The Khmer
0/3205
B1 - Advanced
the Khmer
កូន,ខ្មែរ
កូនខ្មែរ
gon kmae
The Khmer
គោរព / Respect
0/661
A2 - Advanced
respect.
គោរព
gorɔb
Respect
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Know how to eat and drink, so that you can be happy. I ask all Khmer children to respect traditions.
ម៉ែ / Mother
0/2305
A1
mother, mama.
ម៉ែ
mae
Mother
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'on
Dear
ម៉ែ / Mother
0/2305
A1
mother, mama.
ម៉ែ
mae
Mother
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
កើតជា / Transform
0/7045
B1
1 to become, to change into, to transform into.
កើត,ជា
កើតជា
gaeud jéa
Transform
ដន្លង / In-laws
0/9380
C1
relationship (by marriage); relatives (by marriage); in-laws, parents of one's son or daughter-in-law
ដន្លង
dɑ̆nlɑng
In-laws
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ចូល / Enter
895/76
Starter - Advanced
to enter, go in, penetrate; to approach; to reach; to begin, set in; may indicate the adverbial meaning of `inwardly' or `forwardly' directed movement
ចូល
jol
Enter
ចែ / Older Sister
0/5093
A2 - Advanced
older sister (term of address or reference for Chinese or Vietnamese women, esp. shopkeepers)
ចែ
jae
Older Sister
ចង / Attach
0/1451
A2
to tie, bind, fasten, link, attach, connect; to unite; to establish a bond / relationship; to collect, compile; to knit (one's brows); to catch up with
ចង
jɑng
Attach
តាម / Follow
76/41
Starter - Advanced
to follow, pursue; to agree, go along; to take after (someone); to imitate (someone).
តាម
dam
Follow
កន្លង / Past
0/443
A1
to cross; to pass over, jump over; to transgress, violate; to exceed, go beyond; (of time) to elapse, pass; to die; to be excessive.
កន្លង
gɑ̆nlɑng
Past
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
My mother and I were born in the same family, and we were married according to tradition.
ទំនៀម / Tradition
0/4301
C1
custom, tradition, mores, usage; habit; commonness, prevalence
ទំនៀម
dumniĕm
Tradition
តាម / Follow
76/41
Starter - Advanced
to follow, pursue; to agree, go along; to take after (someone); to imitate (someone).
តាម
dam
Follow
ព្រះ / Divinity
0/262
A1 - Advanced
to be holy, sacred, divine; excellent, distinguished, superior (commonly used as a prefix before nominals referring to members of the royal family, Buddhist priests, the Buddha, God, and certain deified elements, such as earth and fire; where it serves as an honorific particle)
ព្រះ
breăh
Divinity
រាជ / Royal
0/608
A2
king; royalty; reign.
រាជ
réaj
Royal
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ខួប / Cycle
0/1765
B2
a complete cycle or revolution of days, months or years; a year.
ខួប
kuŏb
Cycle
ខែ / Month
590/64
Essential
month; moon; season; menstrual period
ខែ
kae
Month
១ / 1
0/0
Starter
១
1
២ / 2
0/0
Starter
២
2
ពិធី / Ceremony
0/468
A2 - Advanced
ceremony, celebration, ritual; occasion; process, method, way; traditions, customary rules
ពិធី
bĭti
Ceremony
រៀបចំ / Prepare
994/269
A1
to organize, prepare; to put in good order, arrange
រៀប,ចំ
រៀបចំ
riĕb jɑm
Prepare
Royal tradition, 12th anniversary, ceremony
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ខ្មែរយើង / Our Khmer
0/2916
A2 - Advanced
our Cambodian people, we Cambodians
ខ្មែរ,យើង
ខ្មែរយើង
kmae yeung
Our Khmer
ត្រូវ / Must
72/21
A1
must, have to
ត្រូវ
drow
Must
លើកតម្កើង / Glorify
0/0
C2
to glorify.
លើក,តម្កើង
លើកតម្កើង
leug dɑ̆mgaeung
Glorify
កងទ័ព / Armed Forces
0/1183
B1
troops, armed forces, army; soldier; army corps
កង,ទ័ព
កងទ័ព
gɑng déab
Armed Forces
ខ្លាំង / Strong
662/131
Starter
strong, robust firm
ខ្លាំង
klăng
Strong
អង់អាច / Brave
0/8132
C2
to be brave, fearless, courageous, bold, valiant
អង់,អាច
អង់អាច
'ɑ̆ng 'aj
Brave
ជាតិសាសន៍ / Nationality
0/2944
B2
race
ជាតិ,សាសន៍
ជាតិសាសន៍
jéad sah
Nationality
ថ្កុំថ្កើន
Khmer tradition, we must raise a strong and brave army, a prosperous nation
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ធ្វើតាម / Imitate
0/3286
B1
to copy; to respect, obey; to follow, imitate; listen to
ធ្វើ,តាម
ធ្វើតាម
tweu dam
Imitate
ៗ
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
I follow the tradition
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
បទ / Melody
852/187
Starter
stanza, verse, phrase; piece of music, hymn, song; (musical) note; metre.
បទ
bɑd
Melody
ឡូយ / Arrongant
0/3964
B1
to be arrogant, haughty, insolent; conceited
ឡូយ
loy
Arrongant
ឆាយ / Flatten
0/2557
B1
to level land (esp. with a shovel), make flat, spread out; to cultivate, work the land
ឆាយ
chay
Flatten
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
There are chic songs, there are traditions
ត្រាប់ / Imitate
0/5143
C1
to model after; to mimic, copy, imitate
ត្រាប់
drăb
Imitate
ក្បួន / Norm/Manual
0/1196
B1 - Advanced
theory, doctrine; method, procedure; principle, model; sketch; formula; textbook, instruction manual; line, parade, procession, train; trick
ក្បួន
gbuŏn
Norm/Manual
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ខ្មែរ / Cambodian
0/105
Essential
to be Khmer, Cambodian.
ខ្មែរ
kmae
Cambodian
Imitate Khmer traditions
ចូល / Enter
895/76
Starter - Advanced
to enter, go in, penetrate; to approach; to reach; to begin, set in; may indicate the adverbial meaning of `inwardly' or `forwardly' directed movement
ចូល
jol
Enter
តាមប្រពៃណី / Traditional
0/0
C2
តាមប្រពៃណី
damɑbrɑbeyni
Traditional
មិន / Not
51/18
Starter
not, non- (usually requires the phrase-final negative particle ទេ (tei))
មិន
mĭn
Not
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aôy
Give
ខុស / Wrong
989/319
Starter - Advanced
to be wrong; to be mistaken; to be different.
ខុស
kŏh
Wrong
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
Follow tradition, not break tradition.
ល្វត / Graceful
0/12498
C2
to be graceful, supple, flexible
ល្វត
lwɔd
Graceful
ល្វន់ / Graceful
0/11778
C2
to be graceful, supple, flexible
ល្វន់
lwuŏn
Graceful
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ល្វ ត ល្វ ន់
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ព្រៃ ណី
ចង្វាក់ / Genre/Rhythm
0/2411
B1 - Advanced
rhythm, beat, tempo, cadence (of music); pulse
ចង្វាក់
jɑ̆ngwăg
Genre/Rhythm
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ធ្វើ / Make/Do
424/33
Starter - Advanced
to do, make, work, carry out, perform; to prepare / fix (e.g. a meal); to repair (a car); to clean (fish); to build, compose; to work / cultivate (a field); to work / act / serve as; to pretend to be
ធ្វើ
tweu
Make/Do
ឱ / Alas
0/0
A2 - Advanced
independent vowel representing the Sanskrit and Pali vowel o (many words spelled with ឱ may also be spelled with អោ ) (also written ឲ archaically and commonly in ឲ្យ)
ឱ
aô
Alas
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
វង្វេង / Lost
0/4167
A2
to lose one's way, go astray.
វង្វេង
vɔ̆ngwéng
Lost
ភព / Planet
0/2412
A2 - Advanced
world; universe; birth; existence; progress
ភព
pɔb
Planet
Traditional rhythms make you wander
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ចង់ / To Want
0/118
Essential
to want / wish / desire (to do something)
ចង់
jɑ̆ng
To Want
ហៅ / Call
0/585
A2
to call, name; to order (e.g. in a restaurant), specif. to stop a vehicle; to send for, summon; to invite (guests)
ហៅ
hau
Call
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'on
Dear
ឡើង / Ascend
683/52
A1
to go up, ascend; (of aircraft) to take off; to rise, get up; to climb; to get on / board (a means of transport); to go upstream; to ferment, rise (of dough); to increase.
ឡើង
laeung
Ascend
រាំ / To Dance
0/1369
A1
to dance
រាំ
rŏâm
To Dance
ដោះ / Breast/Take Off
0/823
A1 - Advanced
breast(s), udder
ដោះ
daôh
Breast/Take Off
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
រួសរាន់ / Hurry
0/7292
C2
to be prompt, quick; pressing, urgent; to bustle, hurry
រួស,រាន់
រួសរាន់
ruŏh roăn
Hurry
រាំ / To Dance
0/1369
A1
to dance
រាំ
rŏâm
To Dance
បទ / Melody
852/187
Starter
stanza, verse, phrase; piece of music, hymn, song; (musical) note; metre.
បទ
bɑd
Melody
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
I want to call you to dance_Let's hurry to dance to traditional songs
សន្យា / Promise
0/865
A1 - Advanced
to promise, pledge one's word (to), commit oneself (to), agree; to make an arrangement.
សន្យា
sɑ̆nya
Promise
…
ប្រាប់ / Tell
50/137
Starter - Advanced
to tell, say, state, inform, report; to explain; to point out
ប្រាប់
brăb
Tell
គាត់ / He
0/110
Essential
he / him / his, she / her; they / them / their (formal / polite 3rd person pronoun); you / your (intimate)
គាត់
goăd
He
ថា / That/Say
4/9
Starter - Advanced
to say, tell, pronounce; specif. to criticize, blameconj. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
ថា
ta
That/Say
គ្មាន / Without
184/177
Starter - Advanced
not to have; there is / are not.
គ្មាន
gméan
Without
ថ្ងៃ / Day
177/49
Essential
day, daytime; daylight
ថ្ងៃ
tngai
Day
មាន / Have
428/6
Essential
to have, possess, own; to exist; there is, there are
មាន
méan
Have
ស្រី / Woman
0/197
Essential
woman
ស្រី
srei
Woman
ទោះ / Albeit
0/237
A2
even (if), even though, though it were
ទោះ
dŏăh
Albeit
ខ្ញុំ / I/Me/My
2/28
Essential
I / me / my ;
Surin
I / me / my (female speaking to a respected person)
ខ្ញុំ
knyom
I/Me/My
ស៊ីវី
អាល័យ / Desire
0/8707
B1
to pine (for), miss, be sad (about), grieve for (someone), think of; to care for, be very fond of, be attached to
អាល័យ
'aloăy
Desire
…
ក៏ / Also
57/34
A1
marker of sequential or consecutive action also, so, then, therefore, accordingly
ក៏
gɑ
Also
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
នៅតែ / Remain
0/370
A2 - Advanced
Refers to continuing in the same state
នៅ,តែ
នៅតែ
nŏu dae
Remain
សំខាន់ / Essential
0/206
A2 - Advanced
to be important, essential, crucial, principal; magnificent, superb, remarkable, excellent, exemplary, model
សំខាន់
sɑmkăn
Essential
Promise… Tell him there will never be a girl, even if I am civilized
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
_ tradition is still important
ប្រៀប / Compare
0/996
A2
to compare with one another, match (up with).
ប្រៀប
briĕb
Compare
ដូច / As/Like
75/87
Starter - Advanced
to be like; to resemble, be similar to, alike.
ដូច
doj
As/Like
ចូលឆ្នាំ / new year
0/3595
A2
new year
ចូល,ឆ្នាំ
ចូលឆ្នាំ
jol chnăm
new year
ប្រពៃណី / Tradition
0/903
B1
tradition, custom
ប្រពៃណី
brɑ̆beyni
Tradition
ជាតិខ្មែរ / Khmer nation
0/2371
B1
Cambodian nation; Cambodian nationality
ជាតិ,ខ្មែរ
ជាតិខ្មែរ
jéad kmae
Khmer nation
ទោះបី / Although
0/1466
A2 - Advanced
even, if, although, in case
ទោះ,បី
ទោះបី
dŏăh bei
Although
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ស្លាប់ / Die
843/313
A1
to die.
ស្លាប់
slăb
Die
ទៅ / Go
0/19
Starter
to go (away from the speaker in space or time); to go to / towards; go on, continue, advance; go away.
ទៅ
dŏu
Go
ក៏ / Also
57/34
A1
marker of sequential or consecutive action also, so, then, therefore, accordingly
ក៏
gɑ
Also
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
នៅចាំ / Waiting
0/6128
B1
to wait / be waiting (for)
នៅ,ចាំ
នៅចាំ
nŏu jăm
Waiting
ដែរ / Likewise
0/45
A1
also, too, in like manner, likewise, in the same way
ដែរ
dae
Likewise
It's like the traditional Khmer New Year. Even if you die, I still remember you.
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