សុំ

See also: ស, ស៊ី, សេះ, សោ, and សោះ

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer suṃ, shortened allomorph of Old Khmer soṃ, whence Modern Khmer សូម (soum).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	សុំ suṃ
WT romanisation	som
(standard) IPA^(key)	/som/

Verb

សុំ • (som) (abstract noun ការសុំ)

to ask (for), beg, request, demand

Usage notes

May be used in a polite way by older persons to younger ones. It should not be confused with សូម (soum), which generally functions more as a sentence-initial particle.

Particle

សុំ • (som)

(sometimes used in place of សូម (soum)) please, would you please, would you

Synonyms

សូម (soum)