Definitions
Verb
to ask (for), beg, request, demand.
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Verb
to ask to (do something) (may be used in a polite way by older people to younger ones. It is often used interchangeably with សូម which however more accurately occurs in sentence initial position)
Headley
Verb
to ask (for), beg, request, demand
Wiktionary
Particle
(sometimes used in place of សូម (soum)) please, would you please, would you
Wiktionary
ព. សា.(កិ.) សូម : សុំទាន, សុំគេស៊ី ។ សម្រាប់អ្នកធំនិយាយទៅរកអ្នកតូចដោយសេចក្ដីអង្វរឬសេចក្ដីគួរសម : សុំឲ្យឯងអាណិតអញ; រាជការសុំឲ្យអស់បណ្ដាលរាស្រ្តយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ខំប្រឹងធ្វើការនេះ ឲ្យបានសម្រេចឆាប់ (ម. ព. សូម ផង) ។
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