Khmer Dictionary: មាត់
Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
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មាត់
( n ) [moat]
mouth (and by extension, any action which is accomplished by or with the mouth); opening (e.g. of a jar); passageway
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មាត់
( n ) [moat]
edge, rim, border, bank, shore (of a river, lake, sea)
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មាត់
( n ) [moat]
voice; speech; utterance, word.
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មាត់
( v ) [moat]
to talk (loudly), utter, speak (noisily); to call out
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កុំមាត់
[kom moat] : quiet! don't make a sound! (not quite as strong as Eng. `Shut up!')
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ក្ដាប់មាត់ចង្អេរ
[kdap moat cɑŋʔeɛ] : to put an edge or rim around the mouth of a basket
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ក្របួចមាត់
[krɑbuəc moat] : to compress the lips as if making a great effort to do something
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ក្រែមលាបមាត់
[kraem liep moat] : lipstick
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ខ្វេះពីមាត់
[kveh pii moat] : to remove from the mouth.
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ខ្វេះពីមាត់
[kveh pii moat] : to share
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ក្រមួនមាត់
[krɑmuən moat] : lipstick
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ក្រអូមមាត់
[krɑʔoom moat] : palate, roof of the mouth
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ក្រោះមាត់
[krɑh moat] : to have a dry mouth / dry lips
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ខាំមាត់
[kʰam moat] : to bite one's lips; to compress the lips (in anger).
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ខាំមាត់
[kʰam moat] : to try very hard / strain to do something
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ខូចមាត់
[kʰooc moat] : to be prone to say something bad, be foul-mouthed
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ខំទប់ហ្វ្រ័ងមិនឲ្យជ្រុលមាត់
[----- fraŋ mɨn ʔaoy crul moat] : to hold oneself in check in order to avoid a slip of the tongue
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ខ្ជាក់បាយចេញពីមាត់
[kceak baay cəɲ pii moat] : to spit rice out of the mouth
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ខ្មាសមាត់
[kmaah moat] : to be too shy to speak, be tongue-tied
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ចង្វែកមាត់
[cɑŋvaek moat] : corner(s) of the mouth
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ងាយមាត់
[ŋiey moat] : to be glib (in speaking)
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ងាស់មាត់
[ŋoah moat] : not to dare to say some word (e.g. because it is obscene), be afraid to say something
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ចាំមាត់
[cam moat] : to know by heart; by heart, from memory; orally
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ចុកមាត់
[cok moat] : to gag, muzzle, close someone's mouth
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ចុងកាត់មាត់ញក
[coŋ kat moat ɲɔɔk] : remote area, outskirts
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ចាប់មាត់
[cap moat] : to be delicious.
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ចាប់មាត់
[cap moat] : to catch someone's mistake
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ចុងមាត់
[coŋ moat] : tip of the tongue
Eg. ខ្ញុំរកនឹក មិនឃើញសោះនៅចុងៗមាត់: I can't remember it, but it's on the tip of my tongue. -
ឆែបមាត់
[cʰaep moat] : harelip
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ឆ្កួតមាត់
[ckuət moat] : to be cantankerous, quarrelsome; boorish, rude (in speech)
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ឆ្ងាញ់មាត់
[cŋaɲ moat] : to make one's mouth water.
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ឆ្ងាញ់មាត់
[cŋaɲ moat] : to enjoy some oral activity (such as talking, criticizing)
Eg. គាត់ឆ្ងាញ់មាត់និយាយអត់ឈប់: He loves to talk continuously. -
ជញ្ជក់មាត់
[cʊəɲcʊək moat] : to click the tongue / smack the lips / make the sound `tsk, tsk' (esp. to indicate admiration, approval, disappointment or as a signal for someone to be quiet); to kiss (on the lips)
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ជាប់មាត់
[coap moat] : to have difficulty pronouncing words, have a speech impediment
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ជាប់មាត់
[coap moat] : to be busily talking / eating
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ចំណាយមាត់គេ
[cɑmnaay moat kee] : to be talked about, be the subject of gossip
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ចំហមាត់
[cɑmhɑɑ moat] : with the mouth opened
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ឆ្អាបមាត់
[cʔaap moat] : to have bad breath; to have a bad taste in the mouth
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ជាន់មាត់
[coan moat] : to be influenced to say something under a certain spiritual influence (e.g. as a spirit speaking through a medium); to say s.t without thinking
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ជុំមាត់
[cum moat] : to collect, gather (of a crowd)
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ជូរមាត់
[cuu moat] : to hunger / have a craving for something (e.g. food or tobacco)
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ជូរមាត់
[cuu moat] : to be unable to taste foods (esp. when recovering from an illness)
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ជ្រុលមាត់
[crul moat] : to make a slip of the tongue, let something slip out
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ជ្រលួសមាត់
[crɔluəh moat] : to make a slip of the tongue
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ជ្រេញមាត់
[crɨɲ moat] : to get tired of saying the same things or eating the same foods
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ញញើតមាត់
[ɲɔɲəət moat] : to be afraid to speak up (out of fear of someone's authority)
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ញ៉ុកមាត់
[ɲok moat] : to stuff something in the mouth
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ញាប់មាត់
[ɲoap moat] : to be chattering, jabbering; moving one's lips rapidly (as when very angry or when eating quickly)
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ញ៉ុកមាត់
[ɲok moat] : to bribe someone to keep quiet
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ញ័រមាត់
[ɲoa moat] : to have trembling lips (from cold, fear or anger)
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តបមាត់
[tɑɑp moat] : to answer, reply
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តែមាត់
[tae moat] : in word only
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តមាត់តពាក្យ
[tɑɑ moat tɑɑ piek] : to talk back, answer back
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ថ្នឹកមាត់
[tnək moat] : to know something by heart
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ថ្វីមាត់
[tvəy moat] : oral ability or talent for speaking, cleverness in speech.
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ទន់មាត់
[tʊən moat] : to be articulate, fluent
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ទល់មាត់នឹងមាត់
[tʊəl moat nɨŋ moat] : face to face (esp. of talking); mouth to mouth
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ទាស់មុខទាស់មាត់
[toah muk toah moat] : to be annoyed
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ត្រូវមាត់
[trəv moat] : to be scolded, reprimanded; told off
Eg. ប្រយ័ត្នត្រូវមាត់គេ!: Be careful, they will scold you! -
ត្រូវមាត់
[trəv moat] : to be delicious, to taste good
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ថាឲ្យរួចតែពីមាត់
[tʰaa ʔaoy ruəc tae pii moat] : to say without thinking
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ទក់មាត់
[tʊək moat] :
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ទប់មាត់
[tup moat] : to refrain from saying anything, keep (someone or oneself) from talking, remain silent; to shut up
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ទឹកមាត់
[tɨk moat] : saliva, spittle
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ទុកមាត់ពុំស្ងៀម
[----- moat pum sŋiǝm] : to fail to hold one's tongue
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ទើសមុខទើសមាត់
[təəh muk təəh moat] : to be displeased / irritated / annoyed / disgusted (by someone's behavior); to disturb, annoy, be in the way; to be annoying, troublesome
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ធ្វើមាត់រហប
[tvəə moat rɔhɑɑp] : to open the mouth to speak (of several people trying to speak at the same time)
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ធ្វើមាត់ក្រហួច
[tvəə moat krɑhuəc] : to pucker up the lips
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ធ្វើមុខធ្វើមាត់ឲ្យ
[tvəə muk tvəə moat ʔaoy] : to pout / grimace (at)
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នៅមាត់ពុំស្ងៀម
[nɨv moat pum sŋiǝm] : to fail to hold one's tongue
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ទំនេរមាត់
[tumnee moat] : not to have anything to say / eat
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ទ្រាន់មាត់
[troan moat] : to be tired of (esp. certain foods); to be tired of saying something
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ធុំមាត់
[tʰum moat] : to have bad breath
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ធ្ងន់មាត់
[tŋʊən moat] : to be rude to someone; to scold severely
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ធ្លាប់មាត់
[tloap moat] : to be in the habit of (eating certain foods or talking in a certain way), be addicted to (certain foods or ways of acting); to become a habit
Eg. កុំចូលចិត្តរិះគន់អ្នកដទៃវាធ្លាប់មាត់!: Don't be fond of criticizing others; it will become a habit! -
នាំមាត់
[noam moat] : to lead a conversation onto a different subject unintentionally; (of a spirit) to put words in someone's mouth / make someone say something (esp. a prediction of some dire event)
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បាក់មាត់
[bak moat] : to be articulate; to know well; to be accustomed
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បាត់មាត់ដូចគេចុក
[bat moat dooc kee cok] : to be rendered speechless
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បាត់មុខបាត់មាត់
[bat muk bat moat] : to have been absent a long time, to have disappeared
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បានមាត់បានពាក្យ
[baa nɔɔ moat baa nɔɔ piek] : to make up stories (esp. critical ones), exaggerate
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បិទមាត់
[bet~bət moat] : to close the mouth
Eg. បិទមាត់ទៅ!: Shut up! -
បូញមាត់បត់ដុំដៃ
[booɲ moat bɑt dom day] : to assume a threatening appearance, purse the lips and raise the fists in an aggressive posture.
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បូញមាត់បត់ដុំដៃ
[booɲ moat bɑt dom day] : to incite
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បំបិទមាត់
[bɑmbət moat] : to silence someone; to bribe someone to keep quiet
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ប្របេរមាត់
[prɑbeɛ moat] : lips (of the mouth)
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បានមាត់បានក
[baa nɔɔ moat baa nɔɔ kɑɑ] : to be talkative; to be eloquent, be a good conversationist; to be outgoing, extraverted
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បែកមុខបែកមាត់
[baek muk baek moat] : to have a battered face (e.g. after a fight).
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បែកមុខបែកមាត់
[baek muk baek moat] : to be humiliated
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បំបាត់មាត់
[bɑmbat moat] : to shut someone up, keep (someone) quiet; to bribe someone to keep quiet
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បំភ្លាត់មាត់
[bɑmploat moat] : to cause (someone) to make a slip of the tongue
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ប្រហាតមាត់
[prɑhaat moat] : to lose one's sense of taste
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ផ្លែមាត់
[plae moat] : fever blister, gumboil
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ផ្អែមមាត់
[pʔaem moat] : to taste delicious, be delicious, pleasant; something sweet to eat
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ផ្អែមមាត់
[pʔaem moat] : to be terribly frightened
Reference: ភ័យផ្អែមមាត់ -
ពពីរមាត់
[pɔpii moat] : edge of the lip(s)
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ពពុះមាត់
[pɔpuh moat] : foam at the corner of the mouth, spittle
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ពិតានមាត់
[piʔdaan moat] : roof of the mouth, palate
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ពុកមាត់
[puk moat] : mustache
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ពុលមាត់
[pul moat] : unceasingly (of talking)
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ពេញមាត់
[pɨɲ moat] : with the mouth full; bluntly, without reservations, not pulling any punches
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ប្រាប់វារេចមាត់អស់ហើយ
[prap vie rɨc moat ʔɑh haǝy] : to have told someone many times
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ផ្ទាល់មាត់
[ptoal moat] : orally; person to person, directly
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ផ្លូវនៅនឹងមាត់
[pləv nɨv nɨŋ moat] : (by asking) directions
Eg. ខ្ញុំមិនស្គាល់ទីក្រុងញីវយ៉ក តែខ្ញុំមិនខ្លាចទេ ពី ព្រោះផ្លូវនៅនឹងមាត់: I don't know New York, but I'm not afraid; I can find out by asking directions. -
ពេបមាត់
[peep moat] : to mock
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ព្រហែតមាត់
[prɔhɛɛt moat] : to lack a sense of taste (as when a person is ill)
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ភ្លាត់មាត់
[ploat moat] : to make a slip of the tongue, let out a secret; to let out a loud cry
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ភ្លាវមាត់
[pliev moat] : to have a damaged sense of taste where all food seems bland or tasteless
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ភ្លាសមាត់
[plieh moat] : to speak rashly / without thinking
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មាត់កកោក
[moat kɑkaok] : to talk very loudly
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មាត់កំពង់
[moat kɑmpʊəŋ] : bank of a river (esp. a place in a rural area where boats can dock)
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មាត់ក្រៅ
[moat krav] : insincere flattery
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មាត់ខិល
[moat kʰəl] : to speak frivolously about serious things; to be a tease
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មាត់ខ្យង
[moat kyɑɑŋ~kcɑɑŋ] : decorative front end of the ប្រែកង of an oxcart
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មាត់គត់
[moat kʊət] See: មាត់ជិត
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មាត់ងាយ
[moat ŋiey] : to be quick or unafraid to scold / blame / ask for something
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មាត់ចាបមាត់ព្រាប
[moat caap moat priep] : to chatter, gossip; rumor, gossip
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មាត់ច្រក
[moat crɑɑk] : gate, entrance, gateway
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មាត់ច្រាំង
[moat craŋ] : edge / bank of a river, shore
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មាត់ច្រើន
[moat craən] : to talk too much; to be talkative, loquacious
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មាត់ច្រើន
[moat craən] : many people (e.g. in a household), large family
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មាត់ឆែប
[moat cʰaep] : harelip
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មាត់ឆៅ
[moat cʰav] : to speak one's mind; to speak without thinking; to chatter continuously
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មាត់ឆ្កែ
[moat ckae] : insulting term comparing someone to a dog that will eat anything (esp. of people who gossip and spread rumors)
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មាត់ឆ្នាំង
[moat cnaŋ] : rim of a pot
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មាត់ជិត
[moat cɨt] : to be discreet, capable of maintaining a prudent silence
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មាត់ជ្រូក
[moat cruuk] : Cambodian name for the province of Chau Doc in Vietnam (earlier called ខែត្រទ្រាំងត្រើយត្បូង )
Reference: ខែត្រមាត់ជ្រូក -
មាត់ដង្កាប់
[moat dɑŋkap] : jaws of a pair of pliers.
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មានមាត់មានពាក្យ
[mien moat mien piek] : to criticize, say bad things about someone, gossip about
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ភ្លយមាត់
[plɔɔy moat] : to blurt something out
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មាត់ក
[moat kɑɑ] : to talk loudly; to argue
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មាត់ដាច
[moat daac] : to be a big mouth, unable to keep a secret; to be frank, willing to call a spade a spade; to be talkative, gossipy
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មាត់តិច
[moat təc] : to be quiet, not talkative
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មាត់តិច
[moat təc] : few people (e.g. in a household)
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មាត់តែថា
[moat tae tʰaa] : all words but no deeds, in word only, insincere(ly)
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មាត់ទទេ
[moat tɔtee] : to have an empty mouth (i.e. not to have anything to eat)
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មាត់ទទេ
[moat tɔtee] : extemporaneously, from memory
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មាត់ទន្លេ
[moat tʊənlee] : bank of a river
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មាត់ទិព្វ
[moat tip~tɨp] See: ទិព្វវាចា
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មាត់ទិព្វ
[moat tip~tɨp] : having prophetic powers of speech
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មាត់ទឹក
[moat tɨk] : edge of a body of water
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មាត់ទ្វារ
[moat tvie] : gate, door(way), door opening
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មាត់ធំ
[moat tʰom] : loud voice; to be harsh (of tone of voice)
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មាត់ធំមាត់តូច
[moat tʰom moat tooc~tuuc] : to be harsh (of tone of voice); to argue
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មាត់នៀវ
[moat niəv] : junction, joint, seam between adjacent planks; mortise, groove (in a piece of wood into which another piece of wood may be inserted)
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មាត់ពាក្យ
[moat piek] : argument, altercation, quarrel
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មាត់ពាម
[moat piem] : at the river mouth, in the harbor; estuary; seaport
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មាត់ព្រៃ
[moat prey] : edge of a forest, outskirts of a forest
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មាត់មានគំរប
[moat mien kumrɔɔp] See: មាត់ជិត
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មាត់រញ៉ាល់
[moat rɔɲal] : to speak in a panicky manner
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មាត់រអិល
[moat -----] : to be unable to hold one's tongue, to be a blabbermouth
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មាត់រអេចរអូច
[moat rɔʔəc-rɔʔooc] : to incite, instigate
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មាត់រអែករអោក
[moat rɔʔaek-rɔʔaok] See: មាត់កោកៗ
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មាត់រឹង
[moat rɨŋ] : to be firm, obstinate, unyielding; to be a tough negotiator; to have a sharp tongue
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មាត់លេច
[moat lǝc] See: មាត់ដាច
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មាត់សមុទ្រ
[moat saʔmot~saʔmottreaʔ-] : seashore, beach
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មាត់សមុទ្រ
[moat saʔmot~saʔmottreaʔ-] : seashore
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មាត់សំញេញ
[moat -----] : mouth with the teeth bared / protruding
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មាត់ស៊ីអំបិលព្រហក់
[moat sii ʔɑmbǝl prɔhʊək] : to guess correctly by accident; to have an uncanny knack for predicting the future
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មាត់ស្ញេញ
[moat sɲǝɲ] : grinning / grimacing / gaping mouth
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មាត់ស្បូន
[moat sboon] : cervix (of the uterus)
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មាត់អណ្ដើក
[moat ʔɑndaǝk] : to get nothing for one's pains; to be meaningless (of speech)
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មាត់អាក្រក់
[moat ʔaakrɑk] : large and ugly mouth.
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មាត់អាក្រក់
[moat ʔaakrɑk] : poisonous tongue, bad mouth; (of speech) to be malicious, spiteful; rude, vulgar, obscene
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មាត់ឥតគ្រប
[moat ʔet~ʔǝt krɔɔp] : to speak one's mind; to be impetuous / rash (in speaking)
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មុខមាត់
[muk moat] : influence; face; facial expression, appearance; to be well-known / important; state of being famous eg. មនុស្សមានមុខមាត់ . important person
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រពឹសមាត់
[rɔpɨh moat] : to be talkative, have a big mouth, chatter incessantly; to eat constantly
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យន់មាត់
[yʊən moat] : to be tired from too much talking
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រង្វង់មាត់ល្អី
[rʊəŋvʊəŋ moat lʔǝy] : circumference of the mouth of a basket
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រង្វះមាត់
[rʊəŋveah moat] : opening of the mouth
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រត់មាត់
[rʊət moat] : to know well, be fluent, be articulate; to be handed down / passed on orally; by heart, articulately, fluently, smoothly
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រន្ទះមាត់
[rʊənteah moat] : roar, shout, thunder (of a voice)
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របូតមាត់
[rɔboot moat] : to make a slip of the tongue, blurt out a secret
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រមាស់មាត់
[rɔmoah moat] : to talk profusely and indiscreetly
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រសើបមាត់
[rɔsaəp moat] : to have a big mouth, be talkative
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រអិលមាត់
[----- moat] : to make a slip of the tongue
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រោលមាត់
[rool moat] See: ស៊ីភ្លើង
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លាន់មាត់
[loan moat] : to exclaim (involuntarily), burst out (talking), make a slip of the tongue; to yell, howl; to express one's opinions frankly
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លាងមាត់
[lieŋ moat] : to eat for pleasure
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លេចមុខលេចមាត់
[lǝc muk lǝc moat] : to stand out (in a group), be the most important one
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រឹងមាត់
[rɨŋ moat] : not to dare to say some word (e.g. because it is obscene), be afraid to say something
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រួចពីមាត់
[ruəc pii moat] : to say something just for the heck of it; to make up a story; frivolously / carelessly
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ល្មមមាត់
[lmɔɔm moat] : to be tasty enough (for)
Eg. ម្ហូបនេះល្មមមាត់ខ្ញុំ: This food is tasty enough for me. -
ល្មមមាត់
[lmɔɔm moat] : to always have something to say, never be at a loss for words
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ល្វីងមាត់
[lviiŋ moat] : to have a bitter taste in the mouth (as after an illness)
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វក់មាត់
[vʊək moat] : to talk / gossip too much; to be talkative; to babble, talk nonsense; (of mad dogs) to become confused (and bite someone); (of people) to hurt other people verbally
Eg. មនុស្សនេះវក់មាត់ខាំគេមិនរើសមុខ: This guy talks too much and insults everyone without exception. -
សង្កត់មិនឲ្យហើបមាត់រួច
[sɑŋkɑt mɨn ʔaoy haǝp moat ruəc] : to make such a devastating reply that one's opponent cannot answer
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វែកមុខវែកមាត់
[vɛɛk muk vɛɛk moat] : to show off (one's own importance so that people will notice), butt in; to try to make oneself popular
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សន្លប់បាត់មាត់
[sɑnlɑp bat moat] : to be in a coma
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សមមាត់
[sɑɑ mɔɔ moat] : It is advisable to speak ...
Eg. មិនសមមាត់នឹងនិយាយទៅរក ...: It is not advisable to speak to ... . -
សួរមាត់សួរក
[suǝ moat suǝ rɔɔk] See: សួរមាត់សួរពាក្យ
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សួរមាត់សួរពាក្យ
[suǝ moat suǝ piek] : to ask in order to verify whether or not a statement was made
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សាបមាត់
[saap moat] : to have a strong / hearty appetite (esp. of a person who has just recovered from sickness).
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សាបមាត់
[saap moat] : to want something (esp. something bad) very much
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សំរួចមាត់
[----- moat] See: សំលៀងមាត់
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សំលៀងមាត់
[sɑmliǝŋ moat] : to pout, purse the lips.
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សំលៀងមាត់
[sɑmliǝŋ moat] : to be ready to (to do some activity with the mouth, e.g. speak, criticize, eat), to be ready to say something / speak
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ស៊ុនមាត់
[sun moat] : to make a slip of the tongue, say too much
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ស្កាំមាត់
[skam moat] : to be less hungry
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ស្ងាត់មាត់
[sŋat moat] : to be silent, not speaking
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ស្ងៀមមាត់
[sŋiǝm moat] : to be silent
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ស្ដីសឹកមាត់សឹកក
[sdǝy sǝk moat sǝk kɑɑ] : to scold repeatedly
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ស្លាប់ព្រោះមាត់
[slap prʊəh moat] : to die as a result of something one has said (esp. in KR usage)
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ស៊ាំមាត់
[soam moat] : to speak fluently / profusely
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ស្ដីថាហោកមាត់ហោកក
[sdǝy tʰaa haok moat haok kɑɑ] : to be always giving advice
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ស្វាងមុខស្វាងមាត់
[svaaŋ muk svaaŋ moat] : to have a fresh feeling, be clear headed, in a good mood
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ស្អុយមាត់
[sʔoy moat] : to have bad breath
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ហាមាត់ចង្គ្រុង
[haa moat cɑŋkruŋ] : to open one's mouth wide
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ហាមាត់មិនរួច
[haa moat mɨn ruəc] : not to dare open one's mouth / say a word / scold (someone)
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ហើបមាត់មិនរួច
[haǝp moat mɨn ruəc] : to keep quiet (and not answer), be unable to open one's mouth
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អត់មាត់អត់ក
[ʔɑt moat ʔɑt kɑɑ] : to be unable to speak, speechless, quiet
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អត់មាត់ឯង
[ʔɑt moat ʔae ŋɔɔ] : to deprive oneself
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អប់មាត់
[ʔɑp moat] : to put a candle out in one's mouth (a ritual gesture used by mediums)
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អស់ពីមាត់
[ʔɑh pii moat] : to speak openly / candidly
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ឮមាត់
[lɨɨ moat] : to hear sounds of talking / voices; to be noisy
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ឮមាត់ឮពាក្យ
[lɨɨ moat lɨɨ piek] See: ឮមាត់ឮក