ជា

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See also: ជាំ, ជឿ, ជិះ, and ជ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ជា
jā
WT romanisation ciə
(standard) IPA(key) /ciə/

Etymology 1

Verb

ជា • (ciə) (abstract noun ការជា)

  1. to be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
    មិនជាទេ  ―  mɨn ciə tei  ―  not to be, isn’t, aren’t
  2. to be free, independent
  3. to be safe, well-off
  4. to be well, healthy, to have recovered, be healed; to recover, get better
  5. to be good, proper
Synonyms

Preposition

ជា • (ciə)

  1. as, in (as speak in a language), into (as translate into a language)

Conjunction

ជា • (ciə)

  1. that (after verbs of thinking or knowing)

Particle

ជា • (ciə)

  1. marks an adverbial phrase, in a ... manner
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 謝／谢 (xiè).

Proper noun

ជា • (ciə)

  1. Chea, a surname from Chinese
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