សូម

See also: សម, សឹម, ស្មើ, សើម, ស្មៅ, ស្មា, and សៀម

Khmer

Etymology

From Angkorian Old Khmer svaṃ ~ svam, from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer soṃ ~ som. Doublet of សុំ (som).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សូម sūm WT romanisation soum (standard) IPA(key) /soum/

Verb

សូម • (soum) (abstract noun ការសូម)

1. to request, ask (for something)
2. to beg, entreat

Particle

សូម • (soum)

1. please, would you, would you please (a polite term used to introduce a sentence)

   សូមថាតាមខ្ញុំ  ―  soum thaa taam khñom  ―  Please repeat after me

   ខ្ញុំសូមទៅបានទេ?

   khñom soum tɨw baan tei?

   May I please go?

See also

• សុំ (som)
• ផង (phɑɑng)

Affixed forms

• សំណូម (sɑmnoum)
• ស្មូម (smoum)