Khmer Dictionary: ថី

Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
  1. ថី ( n ) [tʰəy]
    secretary, government clerk, civil servant (esp. one who, during colonial times knew French; used with proper name as a title)
  2. ថី ( adv ) [tʰəy]
    why?
    Eg. ចុះវាថីបានជាឯងយំ: ? Why are you crying?
  3. ថី ( n ) [tʰəy]
    girl (var. of ស្ត្រី used esp. in poetry)

    1. ថីមិន [tʰəy mɨn] : + VERB why not + VERB!, of course + VERB! (emphatic preverbal particle)
      Eg. លោក​មើលនាងនោះឃើញទេ? ថីមិនឃើញ​!: Do you see that girl? Of course I do!
    2. ថីបក [tʰəy bɑɑk] : person who tells some news or information to someone else before the person involved gets the chance to tell it, blabber-mouth
    3. ថីបកភាសា [tʰəy bɑɑk pʰiesaa] : interpreter