Khmer Dictionary: ម្ដាយ
Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
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ម្ដាយ
( n )
[mdaay]
mother
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កូនមាសម្ដាយ
[koon mieh mdaay]
: my dear child
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កំព្រាម្ដាយ
[kɑmprie mdaay]
: one whose mother is no longer living
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ខាងម្ដាយ
[kʰaaŋ mdaay]
: on the mother's side, maternal
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ចោលម្ដាយ
[caol mdaay]
: may you die without seeing your mother! (strong insult)
Reference: អាស្លាប់ចោលម្តាយ -
ម្តាយដើម
[mdaay daəm]
: child's mother in a previous life (it is believed that she remains a spirit and can cause illness to young children)
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ម្តាយធម៌
[mdaay tʰoa]
: adopted mother
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ម្ដាយចុង
[mdaay coŋ]
: stepmother
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ម្ដាយធំ
[mdaay tʰom]
: aunt (older sister of a parent)
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ម្ដាយបង្កើត
[mdaay bɑŋkaət]
: birth mother, real mother
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ម្ដាយមីង
[mdaay miiŋ]
: aunt (younger sister of either parent)
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ម្ដាយអណ្ដើក
[mdaay ʔɑndaǝk]
: mother who abandons her children (comparing a woman to a female turtle which lays its eggs and then leaves them)
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ម្ដាយក្មេក
[mdaay kmeɛk]
: mother-in-law
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ម្ដាយចិញ្ចឹម
[mdaay cəɲcəm]
: foster mother
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អាចោរម្ដាយ
[ʔaa cao mdaay]
: bastard! son-of-a-bitch!
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អ្នកម្ដាយ
[neak mdaay]
See: អ្នកម៉ែ
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ឪពុកដើមម្ដាយដើម
[ʔəv puk daəm mdaay daəm]
: the true parents, the true father and mother
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ឪពុកម្ដាយ
[ʔəv puk mdaay]
: parents