តែ

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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 Northern Khmer แต, Min Nan tê.

Noun

តែ • (tae)

  1. tea
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Etymology 2

Compare Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ), Lao ແຕ່ (tǣ). Possibly from Thai แต่ (dtɛ̀ɛ).

Conjunction

តែ • (tae)

  1. but, however, if (ever)

Adverb

តែ • (tae)

  1. only, just
  2. particule used to derive many compound adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions or preverbs.
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