Khmer Dictionary: សែន
Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
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សែន
[saen]
num.100,000
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សែន
( v ) [saen]
to sacrifice / make an offering (esp. of food to the spirits of the dead)
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សែន
( adv ) [saen]
very, extremely, too, many
Eg. សែនក្រ: very poor -
សែន
( v ) [saen]
to bribe
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សែន
( n ) [saen]
fan or umbrella of decorated gold / silver cloth (it has a long handle curved at the end and is used to shade the king during ceremonial processions)
Reference: សែនត្វ័ន -
ធំសែនធំ
[tʰom saen tʰom] : to be very big
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នាម៉ឺននាសែន
[nieməən nie saen] : officials of all ranks, major and minor officials
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មហាសែន
[meaʔhaa~mɔhaa saen] : + ADJ to be exceedingly ADJ eg. មហាសែនល្អ . to be exceedingly good
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សល់សែន
[sɑl saen] : to be remaining by the hundred thousand; to be very numerous
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សែនខ្មោច
[saen kmaoc] : to offer food to the spirits of the dead
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សែនចូល
[saen cool] : to make a ritual offering before a marriage
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សែនចេញ
[saen cəɲ] : to make a ritual offering to appease familial spirits
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សែនទ្វី
[saen tvii] : very, extremely; to be double, extreme, very
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សែនបទ
[saen bɑt] See: សេនបទ
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សែនផ្ដាច់មេបា
[saen pdac mee baa] : to make a ritual offering to release a young woman from the control of her ancestral spirits
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សែនពែ
[saen pɛɛ] : to make a propitiatory offering to spirits
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សែនព្រេន
[saen preen] : to make offerings to ancestral spirits
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សែនព្រះភូម
[saen preah pʰuum] : offering to the earth spirits (esp. to ensure a good crop)
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សែនមេបា
[saen mee baa] : to conduct a kind of marriage ritual (in this ceremony offerings are made to the spirits of the young woman's ancestors in order to placate them; this is not a traditional marriage, but rather a short ceremony to legalize a situation such as an elopement)