តែ

See also: តុ, ត, តោ, តួ, and តើ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	តែ tae
WT romanisation	tae
(standard) IPA^(key)	/tae/

Etymology 1

Ultimately from a variety of Chinese. Compare Min Nan tê.

Noun

តែ • (tae)

tea

Derived terms

ប៉ាន់តែ (pantae)
ស្លឹកតែ (sləktae)
ទឹកតែ (tɨktae)

Etymology 2

Adverb

តែ • (tae)

only, just

Conjunction

តែ • (tae)

but

Derived terms

លុះត្រាតែ (luh traa tae)

See also

ប៉ុន្តែ (pontae)
ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ (kɑɑ bŏntê)

Derived terms

ស្ទើរតែ (stǝǝ tae, “hardly”)
ស្រាប់តែ (srap tae, “suddenly”)

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