អត់

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔət ~ *ʔəət (“used up, finished, lacking”). Cognate with Bahnar ơ̆t (“to hold breath, to fast”), Proto-Katuic *ʔet (“exhausted”) (whence Kuy ʔɛt ("tired")), Mon အိုတ် (“to be finished, exhausted”), Pear ʔet ("not"), Sa'och ʔeːt ("all"), Vietnamese hết (“to be out of stock, to be over, all”), Riang [Lang] ʔət¹ ("to stop, to halt").

Compare also Thai อด (òt, “to endure, to starve”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic អត់ ʼt´ WT romanisation ʼɑt (standard) IPA(key) /ʔɑt/

Particle

អត់ • (ʼɑt)

1. no, not

Synonyms

• មិន (mɨn)
• ពុំ (pum)
• ឥត (ʼət)

Derived terms

• អត់ទេ (ʼɑt tei)​

Verb

អត់ • (ʼɑt) (abstract noun ការអត់)

1. to be without, lacking, deprived of, missing, to lack, be short of
2. to bear, endure, put up with, withstand, resist
3. to restrain oneself, to abstain from, to control oneself, to be patient
4. should not, ought not