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សមតែ
Fit
សមតែ
Transliteration
sâm dê
C1
IPA
/sɑːm tae/
GD
sam tae
សមតែ Meaning in English
Fit
Make Sense
Be Worth
Definitions
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
Headley
Stems
សម
Faded/Fork
សម / Faded/Fork
A1
to be wilted, faded
តែ
But
តែ / But
A1
only, just
Possible Synonyms
ថ្លៃ
Price/Expensive
ថ្លៃ / Price/Expensive
C1
កំពុង
Is
កំពុង / Is
C1
សម
Faded/Fork
សម / Faded/Fork
C1
ភ្ជាប់
Fasten
ភ្ជាប់ / Fasten
C1
សមស្រប
Appropriate
សមស្រប / Appropriate
C1
ប្រែប្រួលទៅតាម
Adapt
ប្រែប្រួលទៅតាម / Adapt
C1
ការប្រកាច់
Convulsion/Fit
ការប្រកាច់ / Convulsion/Fit
C1
ការចាប់នៃរោគ
Fit/Seizure
ការចាប់នៃរោគ / Fit/Seizure
C1
គាប់
Proper
គាប់ / Proper
C1
សមបី
Fit
សមបី / Fit
C1
ប្រថួន
Augment
ប្រថួន / Augment
C1
ស៊ី
Consume
ស៊ី / Consume
C1
សួន
Park
សួន / Park
C1
ភ័ព្វ
Good Luck
ភ័ព្វ / Good Luck
C1
សមត្ថ
Ability
សមត្ថ / Ability
C1
Sentences with សមតែ
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
ជួប / Meet
704/231
Starter
to meet (esp. intentionally)
ជួប
juŏb
Meet
មនុស្ស / People
787/84
Starter - Advanced
human being, person; mankind
មនុស្ស
mônŭh
People
សាវា / Fickle
0/11216
B2
to be capricious, fickle, changeable; licentious, dissolute, dissipated
សាវា
sawéa
Fickle
Worth to meet service people
មុខ / Face/Front
271/146
Starter - Advanced
face, front; decoration (e.g. on a cake).
មុខ
mŭk
Face/Front
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
'n
Dear
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
សាម / Thirty
0/0
C2
សាម
sam
Thirty
ក្រាស់ / Thick
757/3293
A2
to be thick, dense; heavy-set; rotten (of someone's fate)
ក្រាស់
grah
Thick
Your face fits only three thick
ប្រុស / Male
0/609
A1
man, male.
ប្រុស
brŏh
Male
ដូចជា / like
164/153
Starter - Advanced
like, just like, as well as, as though, rather, sort of; such as; to be like, to seem (as if)
ដូច,ជា
ដូចជា
doj jéa
like
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
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
នៅ / At
13/3
Starter
to be located; to stay / live / reside (at) (it commonly forms prepositional compounds with directional words such as ក្នុង, លើ, ក្រោម)
នៅ
nŏu
At
ឆ្ងាយពីគេ / Far from them
0/11517
C2
ឆ្ងាយ,ពី,គេ
ឆ្ងាយពីគេ
chngay bi gé
Far from them
Men like me deserve to be away
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
កំដរ / Accompany
0/4018
B1 - Advanced
to be together, keep company; to accompany, follow along; to assist (in doing something), contribute to; to be a follower.
កំដរ
gâmdâ
Accompany
ជា / Is
809/7
A1
to be (equal / equivalent to, the same as) (Commonly occurs as the main verb in an equative clause introducing a predicate nominative; the form គឺជា is a more formal var.)
ជា
jéa
Is
ជម្រើស / Choice
0/574
B1
choice, selection, things that have been picked up or tidied up.
ជម្រើស
jômreuh
Choice
របស់ / Belonging To
0/11
Starter - Advanced
thing, object; goods; tool, instrument, utensil; property, wealth
របស់
rôbâh
Belonging To
គេ / Them
0/27
Essential
they / them / their; one, someone; he, him, she, her (formal / polite 3rd person pron.; usually plural but also used impersonally as a 3rd person singular form)
គេ
gé
Them
Suitable for companions as their choice
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
រស់នៅ / Live
109/404
Starter
to live, exist, survive
រស់,នៅ
រស់នៅ
rôh nŏu
Live
ម្នាក់ឯង / Singly
0/4898
A2
alone, by oneself; living alone, living separately; having arrived alone
ម្នាក់,ឯង
ម្នាក់ឯង
mneăg êng
Singly
Fit to live alone
មនុស្ស / People
787/84
Starter - Advanced
human being, person; mankind
មនុស្ស
mônŭh
People
ដូច / As/Like
75/87
Starter - Advanced
to be like; to resemble, be similar to, alike.
ដូច
doj
As/Like
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
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
ឈឺចាប់ / Suffer
0/2255
A2 - Advanced
to suffer, be hurt (emotionally); to be distressed, be shocked
ឈឺ,ចាប់
ឈឺចាប់
chœ jab
Suffer
People like me deserve pain
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
មិនត្រូវ / Useless
0/0
B1
មិន,ត្រូវ
មិនត្រូវ
mĭn drow
Useless
នៅយូរ / In the long run
0/12342
C2
នៅយូរ
nŏuyu
In the long run
Fit not to stay long
មនុស្ស / People
787/84
Starter - Advanced
human being, person; mankind
មនុស្ស
mônŭh
People
សាវា / Fickle
0/11216
B2
to be capricious, fickle, changeable; licentious, dissolute, dissipated
សាវា
sawéa
Fickle
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
កំទេច / Crush
0/12661
C2
to break up, crush, pulverize; to demolish, destroy, annihilate; to kill.
កំទេច
gâmdéj
Crush
People deserve to be destroyed
នែ / Hey
0/5444
B1
hey, listen, see there (exclamation used among friends or to people younger than the speaker to warn or attract attention); um, uh (exclamation used when one is searching for the correct word)
នែ
nê
Hey
!
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
មិនត្រូវ / Useless
0/0
B1
មិន,ត្រូវ
មិនត្រូវ
mĭn drow
Useless
នៅយូរ / In the long run
0/12342
C2
នៅយូរ
nŏuyu
In the long run
Yes! Fit not to stay long
មនុស្ស / People
787/84
Starter - Advanced
human being, person; mankind
មនុស្ស
mônŭh
People
សាវា / Fickle
0/11216
B2
to be capricious, fickle, changeable; licentious, dissolute, dissipated
សាវា
sawéa
Fickle
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
កំទេច / Crush
0/12661
C2
to break up, crush, pulverize; to demolish, destroy, annihilate; to kill.
កំទេច
gâmdéj
Crush
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aô
Give
ភ្លេច / Forget
0/1744
A2
to forget
ភ្លេច
pléj
Forget
តែ / But
561/20
A1
only, just
តែ
dê
But
ម្តង / Once
0/1747
A2
once, one time; once and for all, definitely; for a change (contraction of មួយដង ) (Surin dial. mnɑɑŋ)
ម្តង
mdâng
Once
Servants deserve to be forgotten
ឯង / After All
0/471
A1 - Advanced
you see, after all, indeed, just (phrase-final intensifying particle)
ឯង
êng
After All
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
ក្បាល / Head
201/539
Starter
(anatomy) head
ក្បាល
gbal
Head
មួយ / One/An
48/14
Essential
one
មួយ
muŏy
One/An
កាំបិត / Knife
0/2309
A1
knife [plates 7, 8]
កាំបិត
gămbĕd
Knife
You deserve a knife
វា / It/Them
25/44
Starter - Advanced
(of animals, things, or very young children) it; (familiar or contemptuous) he / him / his; she / her; they / them / their
វា
véa
It/Them
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
ក្បាល / Head
201/539
Starter
(anatomy) head
ក្បាល
gbal
Head
មួយ / One/An
48/14
Essential
one
មួយ
muŏy
One/An
អង្រែ / Angre
0/6629
C1
pestle, stamper, rammer
អង្រែ
'ângrê
Angre
It only fits one head
មនុស្ស / People
787/84
Starter - Advanced
human being, person; mankind
មនុស្ស
mônŭh
People
ធន់ / Resistant
0/2901
B2
to persevere, accept a bad situation stoically; to bear, endure; to be used to
ធន់
tôn
Resistant
ហែង / Very Dry
0/5272
B2
to be very dry, completely dried up / dried out, baked and cracked by the sun, parched
ហែង
hêng
Very Dry
នេះ / Here/This
29/8
Essential
this, these; often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
នេះ
néh
Here/This
វា / It/Them
25/44
Starter - Advanced
(of animals, things, or very young children) it; (familiar or contemptuous) he / him / his; she / her; they / them / their
វា
véa
It/Them
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
ងាប់ / Die
0/3074
B1 - Advanced
to die (of animals or, crudely, of people); to stop, cease functioning / break down (of a machine).
ងាប់
ngoăb
Die
This resilient person deserves to die
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
ងាប់ / Die
0/3074
B1 - Advanced
to die (of animals or, crudely, of people); to stop, cease functioning / break down (of a machine).
ងាប់
ngoăb
Die
កប់ / Bury/Entomb
0/1891
B1
to bury; to hide, conceal; to disappear; to get lost.
កប់
gâb
Bury/Entomb
ដី / Land
738/152
A1
earth, land, soil, ground; territory.
ដី
dei
Land
ឱ្យ / Give
0/0
Starter - Advanced
to give, to donate (more polite word is ជូន), to grant (something); to give someone money.
ឱ្យ
aô
Give
ឡាន / Car
976/1102
Starter
(colloquial) car, automobile, motor vehicle
ឡាន
lan
Car
កិន / Grind/Ground
0/2911
B2
to grind, shell, hull, husk
កិន
gĕn
Grind/Ground
Fit to bury the ground for a car to grind
រស់ / To Live
0/368
A2
to be alive.
រស់
rôh
To Live
ដូច / As/Like
75/87
Starter - Advanced
to be like; to resemble, be similar to, alike.
ដូច
doj
As/Like
អ / Negative (prefix)
0/0
C2
33rd and last letter of the Cambodian alphabet
អ
'â
Negative (prefix)
*
ក / Neck
900/0
A1
neck; collar; connecting link
ក
gâ
Neck
*
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
បាន / Have
198/1
Starter - Advanced
to have completed / done something; to intend to complete something; marker of completed action
បាន
ban
Have
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
កាកអំពៅ / Bagasse
0/0
C2
sugar cane that has been chewed and sucked dry
កាក,អំពៅ
កាកអំពៅ
gag 'âmbŏu
Bagasse
Anake dares to come to my pond as an enemy
រស់ / To Live
0/368
A2
to be alive.
រស់
rôh
To Live
ដូច / As/Like
75/87
Starter - Advanced
to be like; to resemble, be similar to, alike.
ដូច
doj
As/Like
អ / Negative (prefix)
0/0
C2
33rd and last letter of the Cambodian alphabet
អ
'â
Negative (prefix)
*
ក / Neck
900/0
A1
neck; collar; connecting link
ក
gâ
Neck
*
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
បាន / Have
198/1
Starter - Advanced
to have completed / done something; to intend to complete something; marker of completed action
បាន
ban
Have
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
កាកអំពៅ / Bagasse
0/0
C2
sugar cane that has been chewed and sucked dry
កាក,អំពៅ
កាកអំពៅ
gag 'âmbŏu
Bagasse
Anake dares to come to my pond as an enemy
អ្នកបម្រើ / Servant
0/0
C2
servant, waiter
អ្នក,បម្រើ
អ្នកបម្រើ
neăg bâmraeu
Servant
៖
អូយ / Ouch
0/0
C2
exclamation of pain, ouch
អូយ
'oy
Ouch
!
ទូលបង្គំ / I
0/0
C2
I / me / my (commoner addressing high-ranking monk or royalty)
ទូល,បង្គំ
ទូលបង្គំ
dul bânggum
I
ថ្លើយ
ធំ / Big
535/104
Essential
to be large; important, grand, imposing; good (of a hand of cards); arrogant
ធំ
tum
Big
!
ទូលបង្គំ / I
0/0
C2
I / me / my (commoner addressing high-ranking monk or royalty)
ទូល,បង្គំ
ទូលបង្គំ
dul bânggum
I
និយាយលើ / Boss Someone Around
0/14397
C1
to boss someone around
និយាយ,លើ
និយាយលើ
nĭyéay leu
Boss Someone Around
លួស / Wire
633/8892
A2
wire
លួស
luŏh
Wire
លើ
ព្រះរាជបុត្រ / The Son
0/15743
C2
child , prince
ព្រះ,រាជបុត្រ
ព្រះរាជបុត្រ
breăh réajôbŏd
The Son
!
ទូលបង្គំ / I
0/0
C2
I / me / my (commoner addressing high-ranking monk or royalty)
ទូល,បង្គំ
ទូលបង្គំ
dul bânggum
I
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
ស្លាប់ / Die
843/313
A1
to die.
ស្លាប់
sloăb
Die
ៗ!
Servant: Oh! I's a big answer! I speak on the wire over the Son! I deserve to die!
សុទ្ធតែ / All
0/873
A2 - Advanced
all, only, exclusively, completely, without exception, nothing but
សុទ្ធ,តែ
សុទ្ធតែ
sŏd dê
All
គេ / Them
0/27
Essential
they / them / their; one, someone; he, him, she, her (formal / polite 3rd person pron.; usually plural but also used impersonally as a 3rd person singular form)
គេ
gé
Them
នៅ / At
13/3
Starter
to be located; to stay / live / reside (at) (it commonly forms prepositional compounds with directional words such as ក្នុង, លើ, ក្រោម)
នៅ
nŏu
At
ស្ទើរ / Almost
0/1027
A2
to be insufficient, incomplete, not quite; halved, not full; neither one thing nor the other; semi-, half-; to be on the point of, about to, almost
ស្ទើរ
sdeu
Almost
អួត / Brag
0/3632
B1 - Advanced
to brag, boast, exaggerate.
អួត
'uŏd
Brag
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
ខ្លួនឯង / Oneself
0/670
A1 - Advanced
personally, on one's own, by oneself; itself, oneself; you / your (intimate 2nd pers. sg. pronoun)
ខ្លួន,ឯង
ខ្លួនឯង
kluŏn êng
Oneself
ស្ទាត់ / Fluent
0/6057
C1
to be skillful, competent, proficient, fluent, experienced, qualified; clever; accurate, correct, certain, sure
ស្ទាត់
sdoăd
Fluent
ពួក / Group
0/160
A1
group (esp. an informal, ad hoc group), detachment, herd, gathering, association; (with place name) native / resident of ....; squad (of 3 to 5 men); often merely conveys the idea of plurality
ពួក
buŏg
Group
អា / Not
0/263
A2 - Advanced
used preceding nouns or noun phrases giving them a pejorative, derogatory or very familiar meaning. It is commonly used in addressing close friends, persons regarded as inferiors, or young boys. It can also be used before the name of something with which one is annoyed; when preceding the name of a girl, it conveys a notion of endearment; when preceding adjectives, it forms nouns with a notion of disapproval or familiarity.
អា
'a
Not
ឌឺ / Obstinate
0/4313
C1
to be obstinate.
ឌឺ
ɗœ
Obstinate
គេ / Them
0/27
Essential
they / them / their; one, someone; he, him, she, her (formal / polite 3rd person pron.; usually plural but also used impersonally as a 3rd person singular form)
គេ
gé
Them
អញ្ចឹង / So/Thus
0/7684
B1
in that case, so, then, therefore.
អញ្ចឹង
'ânyjœ̆ng
So/Thus
សមតែ / Fit
0/12375
C1
to make sense, be worth; it is nice / advisable / proper / appropriate that ...
សម,តែ
សមតែ
sâm dê
Fit
អាចម៍ / Feces
0/5276
A2 - Advanced
excrement, feces; waste products (of the body or some mechanical operation such as sawing)
អាចម៍
'aj
Feces
ញុក
មាត់ / Mouth
606/840
Starter
mouth (and by extension, any action which is accomplished by or with the mouth); opening (e.g. of a jar); passageway
មាត់
moăd
Mouth
All of them are still bragging that they are good at Ade, so they deserve a lot
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