Khmer Dictionary: គឺ

Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
  1. គឺ ( equative v. ) [kɨɨ]
    be / is / was (equal to); to consist essentially of, be by nature; that is; as follows, namely (in some cases, គឺ​ is equivalent to the colon) conj introduces consequentive or resultative clauses យើងទៅទីឆ្ងាយគឺកាន់តែល្អ . We'll go far away; that will be much better. :: ហេតុអីបានជាគាត់ដឹង ? គឺបងជំរាបគាត់ . How did he find out? I told him. :: រស់នៅក្នុង ប្រទេសនេះអស់រយៈពេលប្រហែលជាពីរ ឆ្នាំជាមួយប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាមក គឺខ្ញុំបានដឹង ច្បាស់អំពីប្រទេសកម្ពុជានេះ . Having lived in this country for about two years with the Cambodian people has given me a clear understanding of Cambodia.
    Eg. ឥរិយាបថមាន​ ៤ យ៉ាងគឺ ដើរ ឈរ​​ អង្គុយ​ ដេក​: There are four basic body positions: walking, standing, sitting, and lying.
  2. គឺ ( n ) [kɨɨ]
    confirmation, corroboration, evidence, testimony; witness
    Eg. ដូចមានខ្លួនឈ្មោះនោះនៅជាគឺស្រាប់: They already have that person as a witness.
  3. គឺ ( n ) [kɨɨ]
    unit of measurement for a stack of firewood (16 meters long X 1 meter high X 1 meter wide)
  4. គឺ ( conj ) [kɨɨ]
    introduces consequentive or resultative clauses
    Eg. យើងទៅទីឆ្ងាយគឺកាន់តែល្អ​: We'll go far away; that will be much better. :: ហេតុអីបានជាគាត់ដឹង ? គឺបងជំរាបគាត់ . How did he find out? I told him. :: រស់នៅក្នុង ប្រទេសនេះអស់រយៈពេលប្រហែលជាពីរ ឆ្នាំជាមួយប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាមក គឺខ្ញុំបានដឹង ច្បាស់អំពីប្រទេសកម្ពុជានេះ . Having lived in this country for about two years with the Cambodian people has given me a clear understanding of Cambodia.

    1. គឺ ... ហើយដែល : namely, exactly, just
      Eg. គឺគាត់ហើយដែលបានសរសេរសំបុត្រនេះ: It is namely he that wrote this letter.
    2. គឺជា [kɨɨ cie] Eg. ចំពោះប្រទេសបារាំង​ មានអ្នកអាន​ ៩០%​ ដែលសំគាល់ថាការអានសារពត៌មានគឺជាឱកាសលំហែមួយ: In France, 90 per cent of (newspaper) readers indicated that reading a newspaper was a time for relaxation.
    3. គឺជា [kɨɨ cie] See: គឺ
    4. គឺថា [kɨɨ tʰaa] : that is; namely, exactly
    5. ពោលគឺថា [pool kɨɨ tʰaa] : that is to say
    6. មិនគឺ ... ទេ : (it) is / was (emphatic)
      Eg. មិនគឺ​ខ្មែរក្រហមទេ​ ដែលធ្វើបាបតែជនជាតិខ្លួន ឯង: It was the Khmer Rouge who mistreated their own people.
    7. មិនគឺ ... ទេ : it was none other than ...
      Eg. មិនគឺគាត់ទេដែលបានជួយលោកឲ្យរួចពីសេចក្តីស្លាប់: He was the one who helped you survive.