Khmer Dictionary: តើ

1. តើ ( conj ) [taə]
   clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
   Eg. ខ្ញុំចង់ដឹងអំពីទស្សនកិច្ចរបស់លោកទៅប្រទេសខ្មែរ តើលោកអញ្ជើញ ពីបាងកកទៅភ្នំពេញដោយវិធីណា​?: I'd like to hear about your trip to Cambodia; how did you go from Bangkok to Phnom Penh?
2. តើ ( fp ) [taə]
   clause final intensive particle, indeed, after all
   Eg. យីអើ​! អញ​ចាញ់​ប្រាជ្ញាមហាសេដ្ឋីហើយតើ!: Oh my goodness! The rich man has indeed outwitted me!
3. តើ ( n ) [taə]
   kind of monkey trap
   
1. ដូច្នេះទេតើ1 [----- taə -----] : so that's what it is! so that's how it is!
   
2. ទេតើ [tee taə] : final particle marking an emphatic clause that is in contrast to whatever clause precedes it
   Eg. ខ្ញុំមិនបានបកប្រែឃ្លានោះទេគឺ​លោក​ទេតើ​!: I didn't translate that sentence; you were the one who did!
3. ទេតើ [tee taə] : instead / rather (indicates that the statement is incorrect or other than one would expect)
   Eg. អ្នកដែលធ្វើម្ហូបនោះមិនមែនខ្ញុំទេ គឺម្តាយខ្ញុំទេតើជាអ្នកធ្វើ: The one who prepared that food was not me, rather it was my mother who did it.
4. ម៉េ្លះតើ [mleh taə] : really, indeed, like this
   
5. ឯតើ [ʔae taə] See: អ៊ីតើ