Khmer Dictionary: សន្លឹម
Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
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សន្លឹម
( adj )
[sɑnləm]
to be distant, remote, far away (on the horizon)
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សន្លឹម
( v )
[sɑnləm]
to squint, screw up one's eyes; to close one's eyes; keep the eyes closed (because of sickness)
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ខ្ពស់សន្លឹម
[kpʊəh sɑnləm]
: to be very high (almost out of sight)
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សន្លឹមបាត់ត្រើយ
[sɑnləm bat traəy]
: to be extremely far (away) (lit. `so far away that one cannot see the shore')
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សន្លឹមបែកផ្សែង
[sɑnləm baek psaeŋ]
: to be so far away that it looks like smoke
Eg. វាលធំសន្លឹមបែកផ្សែង: The plain is so vast and distant that it looks like a blanket of smoke.