VOCABULARY LESSON 16
Khmer
IPA
English
BiFIbuN<
pi thii bon
festival
RZarB*
praa rup
to celebrate
s?xan'
som khan
to be important
buN<cUlq6a?
bon coul cnam
New year
buN<G?uTUk
bon qom tuuk
water festival or boat racing festival
G?u
qom
to row (boat)
TUk
tuuk
boat
buN<P7#?biN%
bon pcum ben
Bon pchum ben or festival for the dead
cab'ep5Im
cap phda
e
m
to begin or to start
emIl
m
ee
l
to watch
erogral'q6a?
r
heN
ro
(e
l cnam
every year
elg
lee
N
to play
El_g
lbae
N
game
eZaH
b
A
h
to toss
k?san5
k
A
msaan
to entertain
ecal
caol
to throw
TaBaj
ti
e
n
)
to pull
El_gk?san5
lbae
N
k
A
msaan
entertainment game
El_gecalQUg
lbae
N
caol chuu
N
caol chuu
N
game
El_geZaHGg!
u
Baj
lbae
N
b
A
h qa
N
kun
)
b
A
h qa
N
kun
)
game
El_gTaBajRBat'
lbae
N
ti
e
n
)
pro
(e
t
tug of war
karRbNa?g
kaa prona
N
a race
TUkg
tuuk
NOO
racing boat
karRbNa?gTUkg
kaa prona
N
tuuk
NOO
boat racing
r?lwk
rum l
h
k
to honor or to remind
RBlwg
pr
O
l
hN
spirit
CIdUnCIta
cii doun cii taa
grandparents or ancestor
CIdUn
cii doun
grandmother
CIta
cii taa
granfather
|Bukm5ay
q
e
w puk mdaay
parents
|Buk
q
e
w puk
father
m5ay
mdaay
mother
s,ab'
slap
to die
Bajatimit5
n
)
i
e
t m
h
t
relative
Bak'kN5al
daq
half or in the middle
yk
y
OO
k
to take
m>
U
bGahar
mhoup qaa haa
food
n?c?NI
b
A
k
food and dessert
RbeKn
pr
O
keen
to offer (monk)
edImEx
da
e
m kae
at the beginning of month