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សំរោងស៊ីផ្លែ
Malva Nut Tree
សំរោងស៊ីផ្លែ
Transliteration
sɑmraông si plae
C2
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/sɑmraoŋ siː pʰlae/
GD
samraong si phlae
សំរោងស៊ីផ្លែ Meaning in English
Scaphium Affine
Malva Nut Tree
Definitions
kind of tree with edible fruit (Sterculia lychnophora)
Headley
Stems
សំរោង
Sweet Gum Tree
សំរោង / Sweet Gum Tree
C1
Taiwan Sweet Gum tree (Sterculia lychnophora); a large tree; its wood is used in house construction and the seeds provide an oil used in medicine and cooking (common element in Cambodian place names)
ស៊ី
Consume
ស៊ី / Consume
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 )
ផ្លែ
Fruit
ផ្លែ / Fruit
Starter
fruit.
Possible Synonyms
សំរង
Malva Nut
សំរង / Malva Nut
C2
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