Khmer edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic and Phonemic ឡើយ
ḷoey
WT romanisation laəy
(standard) IPA(key) /laəj/

Adverb edit

ឡើយ (laəy)

  1. (not) ... at all, ever, absolutely
    កុំទៅឡើយ  ―  kom tɨw laəy  ―  Don't​ ever go!

Usage notes edit

Adverb used to intensify negation, along with the negative particles: កុំ (kom), គ្មាន (kmiən), ពុំ (pum), មិន (mɨn), ឥត (ʼət),...