នេះ

See also: នំ, , នៅ, នោះ, and នៃ

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer នេះ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *niːʔ (this). Compare Lao ນີ້ () and Thai นี้ (níi) and Thai นี่ (nîi).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic នេះ
neḥ
WT romanisation nih
(standard) IPA(key) /nih/

Determiner

នេះ • (nih)

  1. this, these (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space)
    noun + នេះ + nountoo many, too much noun
    verb + នេះ + verbtoo many, too much verb
    ខ្ជិលនេះខ្ជិល  ―  khcɨl nih khcɨl  ―  so very lazy

Pronoun

នេះ • (nih)

  1. this one (here), here
    ស្អីនេះ  ―  sʼəy nih  ―  What’s this?

Particle

នេះ • (nih)

  1. here is
    នេះផ្ទះខ្ញុំ  ―  nih phtĕəh khñom  ―  Here's my house.

Derived terms

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