Khmer

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Etymology

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From Angkorian Old Khmer svaṃ ~ svam, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer soṃ ~ som. Doublet of សុំ (som).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic and Phonemic សូម
sūm
WT romanisation soum
(standard) IPA(key) /soum/

Verb

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សូម (soum) (abstract noun ការសូម)

  1. to request, ask (for something)
  2. to beg, entreat

Particle

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សូម (soum)

  1. please, would you, would you please (a polite term used to introduce a sentence)
    សូមថាតាមខ្ញុំ  ―  soum thaa taam khñom  ―  Please repeat after me

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Affixed forms

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