Khmer Dictionary: យក

1. យក ( v ) [yɔɔk, yɔɔ]
   to take (in one's hand or with oneself), hold; to take (away); to steal; to bring; to borrow; to get, obtain, achieve; to accept (Surin dial. yuə)
   
1. ការប្រឡងយក [kaa ----- yɔɔ kɑɑ] : taking an examination
   
2. ការយកពត៌មាន [kaa yɔɔ kɑɑ poadɑɑmien] : reporting
   
3. កៀរយក [kie yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to collect, gather up
   
4. កៀវយក [kiev yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to take (something) by hooking (it)
   
5. គាបត្បុតយកចំឡើយ [kiep tbot yɔɔ kɑɑ -----] : to ask a question point-blank
   
6. ចាក់អង្ករយកអង្កាម [cak ʔɑŋkɑɑ yɔɔ kɑɑ ʔɑŋkaam] : lit. `to throw away the rice and keep the chaff;' fig to abandon something good and keep something bad, refuse to give up one's own profit
   
7. ចាក់អង្ករយកអង្កាម [cak ʔɑŋkɑɑ yɔɔ kɑɑ ʔɑŋkaam] : to abandon something good and keep something bad, refuse to give up one's own profit (lit. `to throw away the rice and keep the chaff')
   
8. ចាប់នាំយកទៅ [cap noam yɔɔ kɑɑ tɨv~toh] : to carry off, make off with
   
9. ច្បាមយកទីផ្សារ [cbaam yɔɔ kɑɑ tii psaa] : to control the market
   Eg. ច្បាមយកទីផ្សារប្រេងក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា បានដល់ទៅ៧០ភាគរយទៅហើយ: to control up to 70% of the oil market in Cambodia
10. ឆ្លៀតយក [cliət yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to avail oneself (of)
    
11. ជាវយក [ciev yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to buy (esp. refers to the purchase of items for monks or for a Buddhist temple)
    
12. ឈ្លបយកពត៌មាន [clɔɔp yɔɔ kɑɑ poadɑɑmien] : to spy on, reconnoiter
    
13. ដណ្ដើមយក [dɑndaəm yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to fight for, struggle over
    
14. តតាំងយកចាញ់យកឈ្នះ [tɑɑ taŋ yɔɔ kɑɑ caɲ yɔɔ kɑɑ cneah] : to fight to the bitter end
    
15. ទទួលយក [tɔtuəl yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to accept, take, receive
    
16. ទាមទារយកសិទ្ធិ [tiem tie yɔɔ kɑɑ settʰiʔ~sət] : to claim / fight for one's rights
    
17. បន្លំយក [bɑnlɑm yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to achieve by fraud / trickery
    
18. ប្រវ័ញ្ចយក [prɑvaɲ yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to grab, appropriate
    
19. ប្រកាន់យក [prɑkan yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to establish, maintain
    Eg. នៅពេលនេះ​ទៀត​​ បងសូមឲ្យប្អូនប្រកាន់យកនូវ គំនិតសមហេតុសមផលនិងសមរម្យផង ...។: Furthermore, at this time, I beg you to maintain a reasonable and fair mind ....
20. ប្រាសយកតែអាយុ [praah yɔɔ kɑɑ tae ʔaayuʔ] : to run for one's life
    
21. ពួតពំនួតយកភ្លើង [puət pumnuət yɔɔ kɑɑ pləəŋ] : to use a fire-saw to make fire
    
22. ភាគយក [pʰiek yɔɔ kɑɑ] : numerator
    
23. ភាគីដែលយកទៅ [pʰiekii dael yɔɔ kɑɑ tɨv~toh] : payee, receiving party
    
24. យក (...) ជា ... : to use ... as...; to consider ... as ...
    
25. យក (...) ទៅ : to take
    Eg. យកទៅ​! ខ្ញុំមិនចង់​បានទេ: Take it! I don't want it
26. យកកំណើត [yɔɔ kɑɑ kɑmnaət] : to be born
    
27. យកកំណើត [yɔɔ kɑɑ kɑmnaət] : to be conceived (of a baby)
    
28. យកកំហឹងទល់កំហល់ [yɔɔ kɑɑ kɑmhəŋ tʊəl kɑmhɑl] : to want to do something badly
    
29. យកកំឡាំង [yɔɔ kɑɑ -----] : to restore one's strength; to rest
    
30. យកក្តី [yɔɔ kɑɑ kdəy] : to initiate criminal proceedings; to catch someone's mistake
    
31. យកក្លើ [yɔɔ kɑɑ klaə] : to take someone as a friend
    
32. យកខុស [yɔɔ kɑɑ kʰoh] : to declare that something is wrong (even though it may actually be correct)
    
33. យកខ្យល់អាកាស [yɔɔ kɑɑ kyɑl~kcɑl ʔaakaah] : to enjoy the fresh air, breathe fresh air
    
34. យកខ្យល់អាកាស [yɔɔ kɑɑ kyɑl~kcɑl ʔaakaah] : to get some fresh air
    
35. យកចំណេញកប់ក្ដោង [yɔɔ kɑɑ cɑmnəɲ kɑp kdaoŋ] : to exploit others
    
36. យកចំណេះ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cɑmneh] : to strive for knowledge; to get an education, to learn
    
37. យកជាការ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cie kaa] : to rely / depend on; to take seriously
    
38. យកជាកូន [yɔɔ kɑɑ cie koon] : to adopt as one's own child
    
39. យកជាគ្នា [yɔɔ kɑɑ cie knie] : to be a friend, become friends / colleagues; to associate with; to take as an assistant
    
40. យកជាតិ [yɔɔ kɑɑ ciet] : to be born
    
41. យកជាតិ [yɔɔ kɑɑ ciet] : to have a previous life (esp. of the Buddha)
    
42. យកជាបន្ទាល់ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cie bɑntoal] : to use / call someone as a witness
    
43. យកជាភិន [yɔɔ kɑɑ cie pʰɨn] : to be based on
    
44. យកជាលេស [yɔɔ kɑɑ cie leeh] : to use as an excuse
    
45. យកបញ្ជី [yɔɔ kɑɑ bɑɲcii] : to take an inventory
    
46. យកបុណ្យ [yɔɔ kɑɑ bon] : to acquire merit
    
47. យកបុណ្យ [yɔɔ kɑɑ bon] : to do good deeds as a way to earn merit
    
48. យកប្តី [yɔɔ kɑɑ pdəy] : to take a husband, get married (But, យកប្តីគេ `to steal someone's husband')
    
49. យកប្រពន្ធ [yɔɔ kɑɑ prɑpʊən] : to take a wife, get married (But, យកប្រពន្ធគេ `to commit adultery, take someone else's wife')
    
50. យកប្រពន្ធ [yɔɔ kɑɑ prɑpʊən] : to get married (of a man)
    
51. យកប្រាក់ទៅទិញទំនិញ [yɔɔ kɑɑ prak tɨv~toh tɨɲ tumnɨɲ] : to buy goods
    
52. យកពន្ធ [yɔɔ kɑɑ pʊən] : to collect / levy taxes
    
53. យកពាក្យ [yɔɔ kɑɑ piek] : to believe someone's word
    
54. យកមែន [yɔɔ kɑɑ mɛɛn] : to take something for granted
    
55. យករួចតែអាយុ [yɔɔ kɑɑ ruəc tae ʔaayuʔ] : to escape with one's life
    
56. យកលេស [yɔɔ kɑɑ leeh] : on the pretext of; to use as a pretext
    
57. យកលំនាំ [yɔɔ kɑɑ lumnoam] : to adjust, adapt
    
58. យកលំនាំ [yɔɔ kɑɑ lumnoam] : to adapt
    
59. យកល្អ [yɔɔ kɑɑ lʔɑɑ] : to accept as good
    
60. យកវេនគ្នា [yɔɔ kɑɑ veen knie] : to take turns
    
61. យកវេរ [yɔɔ kɑɑ vee] See: យកដៃ
62. យកវេរ [yɔɔ kɑɑ vee] : to take a turn (to work for someone)
    
63. រត់ប្រាស់យកតែអាយុ [rʊət prah yɔɔ kɑɑ tae ʔaayuʔ] : to run for one's life
    
64. យក (...) មក : to bring
    Eg. ហ្នឹងហើយ​ យក​មកឲ្យខ្ញុំ: That's right; bring it to me.
65. យកកទៅលអន្ទាក់ [yɔɔ kɑɑ kɑɑ tɨv~toh lɔɔ ʔɑnteak] : to lure someone (into trouble)
    
66. យកការណ៍ [yɔɔ kɑɑ kaa] : to spy
    
67. យកការប្រាក់ [yɔɔ kɑɑ kaa prak] : to collect interest (e.g. on a debt)
    
68. យកការយកងារ [yɔɔ kɑɑ kaa yɔɔ kɑɑ ŋie] : to take one's work seriously
    
69. យកកូន [yɔɔ kɑɑ koon] : to marry someone's child
    
70. យកកូន [yɔɔ kɑɑ koon] : to plan to have a child
    
71. យកកេរ្ណិឈ្មោះ [yɔɔ kɑɑ -----] : to earn a good reputation
    
72. យកខ្លួនពាំង [yɔɔ kɑɑ kluən peaŋ] : to protect someone by using one's body as a shield or by taking the blame
    
73. យកខ្លួនពុំរួច [yɔɔ kɑɑ kluən pum ruəc] : to be unable to save oneself
    
74. យកគូទធ្វើខ្នង [yɔɔ kɑɑ kuut tvəə knɑɑŋ] : to lay back / lie on one's back (considered impolite)
    
75. យកគំនិត [yɔɔ kɑɑ kumnit] : to follow someone's advice, take someone as a model
    
76. យកគ្នា [yɔɔ kɑɑ knie] : to fornicate
    
77. យកគ្រូមកមើលជំងឺ [yɔɔ kɑɑ kruu mɔɔk məəl -----] : to send for a healer
    
78. យកគ្រួសារ [yɔɔ kɑɑ kruəsaa] : to get married
    
79. យកចិត្តគេ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cət kee] : to try to please someone
    
80. យកចេញ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cəɲ] : to take out, take away.
    
81. យកចេញ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cəɲ] : to get rid of, kill
    
82. យកជីវិត [yɔɔ kɑɑ ciivɨt] : to save one's own life
    
83. យកជីវិត [yɔɔ kɑɑ ciivɨt] : to take someone's life
    Eg. ទឹកជំនន់ឆ្នាំនេះបានយកជីវិត​មនុស្សអស់ចំនួន៧០នាក់: Flooding this year took the lives of seventy people.
84. យកជើង [yɔɔ kɑɑ cəəŋ] : to be an apple-polisher / bootlicker
    
85. យកជើងកប [yɔɔ kɑɑ cəəŋ kɑɑp] : to be dangerous (refers to places in which misfortunes constantly occur)
    Eg. កំពង់​នេះយកជើងកបរាល់ឆ្នាំ: This river bank is where each year some disaster occurs (e.g. a drowning, crocodile attack, etc.)
86. យកជ័យ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cey] : to strive for victory; to win
    
87. យកជ័យជំនះលើ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cey cumneah lǝǝ] : to be victorious over
    
88. យកឈើស្ដៀនឲ្យណែន [yɔɔ kɑɑ cʰəə sdiǝn ʔaoy naen] : to strengthen firmly by driving in a wooden wedge
    
89. យកឈ្នួល [yɔɔ kɑɑ cnuəl] : to charge for labor
    
90. យកឈ្នះ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cneah] : to win, gain a victory
    
91. យកឈ្មោះ [yɔɔ kɑɑ cmʊəh] : to earn a good reputation, win popularity, make a good name for oneself
    
92. យកដៃ [yɔɔ kɑɑ day] : to help someone (with the understanding that he / she will return the favor)
    
93. យកដៃទឹមចង្កេះ [yɔɔ kɑɑ day tɨm cɑŋkeh] : to put the hands straight down along one's sides
    
94. យកដំបូន្មាន [yɔɔ kɑɑ dɑmboon mien] : to heed / follow advice
    
95. យកតែបុណ្យទៅចុះ [yɔɔ kɑɑ tae bon tɨv~toh coh] : as a good deed, for one's own good
    
96. យកតែព្រះអាយុ [yɔɔ kɑɑ tae preah ʔaayuʔ] : to save one's skin; to be concerned for one's own life
    
97. យកតែមែនទែន [yɔɔ kɑɑ tae mɛɛn tɛɛn] : really, certainly, surely
    
98. យកតំរាប់តាម [yɔɔ kɑɑ tɑmrap taam] : to follow someone's example
    
99. យកថ្នោលបុះផ្លែឈើ [yɔɔ kɑɑ tnaol boh plae cʰəə] : to knock down fruit with a pole
    
100. យកទទេ [yɔɔ kɑɑ tɔtee] : to take something free; to try to catch in vain
     
101. យកទុក [yɔɔ kɑɑ -----] : to keep (for oneself)
     
102. យកទោស [yɔɔ kɑɑ tooh] : to catch someone's mistake; to convict, condemn
     
103. យកទោសយកពៃរ៍ [yɔɔ kɑɑ tooh yɔɔ kɑɑ pey] : to harp on someone's mistake
     
104. យកទ្រព្យគេ [yɔɔ kɑɑ troap kee] : to take / borrow / steal someone's property
     
105. យកធ្វើជាធំ [yɔɔ kɑɑ tvəə cie tʰom] : to make an issue of
     
106. យកនយោបាយ [yɔɔ kɑɑ nɔyoobaay] : to gain power, take control
     Eg. យើងមិនអាចត្រឡប់មកយកនយោបាយ​យើងពីឆ្នាំ​ ១៩៧៥​ ទៅ​ទេ​: We cannot return to our power of 1975 - 1979.
107. យកសជាខ្មៅ [yɔɔ kɑɑ sɑɑ cie kmav] : to falsify the truth (lit. `to consider white as black')
     
108. យកសន្សើម [yɔɔ kɑɑ sɑnsaǝm] : to expose to the condensation of dew
     
109. យកសុខ [yɔɔ kɑɑ sok] : to keep out of trouble
     
110. យកសេចក្តីមិនត្រូវ [yɔɔ kɑɑ sackdǝy mɨn trəv] : to understand incorrectly, fail to get the exact meaning
     
111. យកសំដី [yɔɔ kɑɑ sɑmdəy] : to heed someone's words
     
112. យកស្រួល [yɔɔ kɑɑ sruǝl] : to take the easy way; take it easy
     
113. យកហេះទៅដូរហោះ [yɔɔ kɑɑ hɛh tɨv~toh doo hah] : to exchange something valuable for trinkets
     
114. យកអង្វរ [yɔɔ kɑɑ ʔɑŋvɑɑ] : to heed an entreaty, give in to someone's begging
     
115. យកអាយុ [yɔɔ kɑɑ ʔaayuʔ] : to save from death, save someone's life
     
116. យកអាសា [yɔɔ kɑɑ ʔaasaa] : to help; to feel sympathy for, to share someone else's responsibility, to protect, defend
     
117. យកពេល [yɔɔ kɑɑ peel] : to set the time / determine an auspicious time (for doing something, esp. conducting a religious ceremony)
     
118. យកពេល [yɔɔ kɑɑ peel] : to take one's time (doing some job)
     
119. យកមកប៉ូវ [yɔɔ kɑɑ mɔɔk pəv] : to alter (a garment) to make it fit better
     
120. យកមិនអស់ [yɔɔ kɑɑ mɨn ʔɑh] : plenty, a lot
     
121. យកមុខដូចម្លូ [yɔɔ kɑɑ muk dooc mluu] : to show off one's betel (putting the best leaves on top)
     
122. យកមុខដូចម្លូ [yɔɔ kɑɑ muk dooc mluu] : to show off, boast
     
123. យកមុខទៅចោលកណ្ដាលខ្មាស [yɔɔ kɑɑ muk tɨv~toh caol kɑndaal kmaah] : to be embarrassed
     
124. រើយកតាមស្នើ [rəə yɔɔ kɑɑ taam snaǝ] : to pick up / take (items) in order
     
125. រើសសំរិតសំរាំងយកសុទ្ធតែល្អ [rəəh ----- ----- yɔɔ kɑɑ sot tae lʔɑɑ] : to screen and select only the best items
     
126. រឹបយក [rɨp yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to confiscate, seize
     
127. រំលោភយកដីគេ [rumloop yɔɔ kɑɑ dəy kee] : to seize someone else's land
     
128. លក់យកតែដើម [lʊək yɔɔ kɑɑ tae daəm] See: លក់បានតែដើម
129. លក់យកពេញថ្លៃ [lʊək yɔɔ kɑɑ pɨɲ tlay] : to sell at full price
     
130. លើកយក [lǝǝ kɑɑ yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to pick up, lift up; to bring up (e.g. a matter for discussion); to bring out; to cite (e.g. a quotation, an example, a law)
     Eg. ដោយ​សារ​ស្រុកខ្មែរមិនទាន់មានច្បាប់ដោយឡែក​សំរាប់កាត់ទោសអ្នកជួញនិងអ្នកប្រព្រឹត្ត គ្រឿងញៀននោះ​ តុលាការក្រុងភ្នំពេញនឹង​លើកយកមាត្រាទី​ ៣៩​ នៃច្បាប់ព្រហ្មទណ្ឌ​អន្តរកាល​ ដែលនិយាយអំពីជំនួញគ្រឿង ញៀនខុសច្បាប់នោះមកប្រើ: Since Cambodia does not yet have a specific law for drug dealers and drug users, the Phnom Penh City Court will invoke Article 39 of the Military Penal Code which treats illegal drug dealing.
131. លើកយកមកនិយាយ [lǝǝ kɑɑ yɔɔ kɑɑ mɔɔk niʔyiey] : to bring up for discussion
     
132. សង្កត់កយកប្រាក់ [sɑŋkɑt kɑɑ yɔɔ kɑɑ prak] : to extort money, blackmail
     
133. សេចក្តីយកពត៌មាន [sackdǝy yɔɔ kɑɑ poadɑɑmien] : reporting
     
134. ហូតយកតុងបៀ [hoot yɔɔ kɑɑ toŋ biə] : to take (the dealer's) percentage (out of someone's winnings)
     
135. ហៅយក [hav yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to order, have something brought
     
136. អូសយក [ʔooh yɔɔ kɑɑ] : to repossess
     
137. អ្នកយកពត៌មាន [neak yɔɔ kɑɑ poadɑɑmien] : reporter