ជា

See also: ជាំ, ជឿ, ជិះ, and ជ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	ជា jā
WT romanisation	ciə
(standard) IPA^(key)	/ciə/

Verb

ជា • (ciə) (abstract noun ការជា)

to be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
មិនជាទេ ― mɨn ciə tei ― not to be, isn’t, aren’t
to be free, independent
to be safe, well-off
to be well, healthy, to have recovered, be healed; to recover, get better
to be good, proper

Synonyms

(to be): គឺ (kɨɨ)

Preposition

ជា • (ciə)

as, in (as speak in a language), into (as translate into a language)

Conjunction

ជា • (ciə)

that (after verbs of thinking or knowing)

Particle

ជា • (ciə)

marks an adverbial phrase, in a ... manner

Derived terms

គឺជា (kɨɨ ciə)
ជាដរាប (ciə dɑraap)
ជាដើម (ciə daəm)
ជានិច្ច (ciə nɨc)
ជាប្រពៃណី (ciəprɔɔpɨynəy)
ដូចជា (douc ciə)
ទៅជា (tɨw ciə)
បានជា (baan ciə)
មុខជា (muk ciə)
ហាក់ដូចជា (hak douc ciə)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 謝／谢 (xiè).

Proper noun

ជា • (ciə)

Chea, a surname from Chinese

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