Khmer edit

Etymology edit

មាន (miən) +‎ អី (ʼəy)

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic មានអី
mānʼī
WT romanisation miən ʼəy
(standard) IPA(key) /miən ˈʔəj/

Adverb edit

មានអី (miən ʼəy)

  1. what?, what things?
  2. why not, certainly, of course, OK, all right
  3. you're welcome
  4. but, however (contrasts one statement with another)