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ដេកចាំដាំចេក
Waiting in Vain
ដេកចាំដាំចេក
Transliteration
dégâjăm dăm jég
C2
IPA
/ɗeːkɑːcam ɗam ceːk/
GD
dekacham dam chek
ដេកចាំដាំចេក Meaning in English
Sleep waiting to plant bananas
Waiting in Vain
Definitions
to wait for something that will never happen
Headley
Stems
ដេកចាំ
Loaf
ដេកចាំ / Loaf
C1
to sit idly by, loaf, not to work
ដាំ
Boil/Plant
ដាំ / Boil/Plant
A2
to plant (single seeds), to sow; to grow (crops); to erect, set up / install (e.g. a post or column), implant; to set (a gem); to inlay; to establish, found
ចេក
Banana
ចេក / Banana
Starter
banana (Musa sp.)
Sentences with ដេកចាំដាំចេក
កុំ / Don’t
0/626
A1 - Advanced
do not ...
កុំ
gom
Don’t
ដេកចាំដាំចេក / Waiting in Vain
0/0
C2
to wait for something that will never happen
ដេកចាំ,ដាំ,ចេក
ដេកចាំដាំចេក
dégâjăm dăm jég
Waiting in Vain
កុំ / Don’t
0/626
A1 - Advanced
do not ...
កុំ
gom
Don’t
ដេក / Recline
0/1294
A2 - Advanced
to lie down, recline; to sleep; to loaf, stand idle, to take a nap, rest
ដេក
dég
Recline
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
ជុះ / Last
0/6393
C1
to evacuate the bowels, defecate, have a bowel movement (more polite forms are ដោះទុក្ខសត្វធំ for monks, and បត់ជើងធំ for the laity)
ជុះ
jŭh
Last
Don't sleep waiting to plant bananas, don't sleep waiting to eat them.
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