នេះ

See also: នំ, ន, នៅ, នោះ, and នៃ

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer នេះ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *niːʔ (“this”). Compare Lao ນີ້ (nī) 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 + noun — too many, too much noun

   verb + នេះ + verb — too 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

• ថ្ងៃនេះ (thngay nih)
• ទីនេះ (tii nih)
• ឯនេះ (ʼae nih)
• ឥឡូវនេះ (ʼəyləw nih)

See also

• ណេះ (neh)
• នោះ (nuh)
• ហ្នឹង (nɨng)
• ហ្នុង (nong)
• អាយ (ʼaay)