តែ

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

Derived terms

• ប៉ាន់តែ (pan tae)
• ស្លឹកតែ (slək tae)
• ទឹកតែ (tɨk tae)

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.

Derived terms

• ប៉ុន្តែ (pontae, “however”)
• ក៏ប៉ុន្តែ (kɑɑ pontae)​
• គួរតែ (kuə tae, “it's right to, one ought to”)
• លុះត្រាតែ (luh traa tae)
• លលាតែ (lĕəʼliə tae, “crazy; crazily”)
• ស្ទើរតែ (stəə tae, “hardly”)
• ស្រាប់តែ (srap tae, “suddenly”)