Khmer Dictionary: ស៊ី

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  1. ឃ្មមៗ ( adv ) [kmɔɔm]   - detail »
    with the mouth full (used only with ស៊ី `to eat' and ទំពា​ `to chew')
  2. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]   - detail »
    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 )
  3. ស៊ី ( n ) [sii]   - detail »
    shellac

    Reference: ស៊ីឡិច
  4. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]   - detail »
    to bite / take hold (of tools, brakes); to engage (of gears)
  5. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]   - detail »
    to take a bribe
  6. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]   - detail »
    to require, demand, take / use up (time)
  7. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]   - detail »
    to extract, derive, acquire, gain; to win (of the dealer in a card game); to take advantage of
  8. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]   - detail »
    to earn (wages); to live / feed (on)
  9. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]   - detail »
    to combine (with), go (with), harmonize (with); (of colors) to match; to suit, fit
  10. ស៊ី ( n ) [sii]   - detail »
    color

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  1. កោសិកាស៊ី [kaoseʔkaa sii]
    phagocyte
  2. ក្បាលអង្គែស៊ី [kbaal ʔɑŋkɛɛ sii]
    mangy head
  3. ខ្លាស៊ីគោ [klaa sii koo]
    tiger eats the cow (kind of Cambodian board game similar to chess)
  4. គាបស៊ី [kiep sii]
    to eat by holding with the claws.
  5. គាបស៊ី [kiep sii]
    to put pressure on someone to give a bribe
  6. គិតតែ [kit~kɨt tae]
    + CLAUSE... the fact is ....
    Eg. គិតតែរក​ស៊ី​មិនគិតសន្សំកុសលធ្វើបុណ្យទានខ្លះទេឬអី?: The fact is, he only makes money and doesn't think about building up a stock of good deeds; isn't that so?
  7. គីឡូស៊ីក [kiiloo sii kɑɑ]
    kilocycle
  8. ចឹកស៊ី [cək sii]
    to eat by picking up with the beak (of birds)
  9. ចំណង់ស៊ី [cɑmnɑŋ sii]
    appetite
  10. ច្រែះស៊ី [craeh sii]
    See:ច្រែះចាប់

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