សុំ

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer suṃ, shortened allomorph of Old Khmer soṃ, whence Modern Khmer សូម (soum).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សុំ
suṃ
WT romanisation som
(standard) IPA(key) /som/

Verb

សុំ • (som) (abstract noun ការសុំ)

  1. to ask (for), beg, request, demand

Usage notes

May be used in a polite way by older persons to younger ones. It should not be confused with សូម (soum), which generally functions more as a sentence-initial particle.

Particle

សុំ • (som)

  1. (sometimes used in place of សូម (soum)) please, would you please, would you

Synonyms

See also

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