មេ

See also: មី, ម៉ែ, and ម

Khmer

Alternative forms

• ហ្មេ (mee)

Pronunciation

Orthographic មេ me Phonemic ហ្មេ / មេ h̥me / me WT romanisation mee, mei (standard) IPA(key) /meː/ ~ /mei/

Noun

មេ • (mee)

1. mother
2. term of address for a maid or any girl (abrupt) (in this sense it is often pronounced /mii/ or /mə/)
3. term of address for a female animal (in this sense it is often pronounced /mii/ or /mə/) (see អា (ʼaa), the masculine equivalent)
4. chief, leader, head, master
5. owner
6. guard
7. supervising officer
8. name given to the series of vowels combined with any consonant, or to the series of vowels and final consonants combined with initial consonants

   មេកកា

   mee kɑɑ kaa

   ក (kɑɑ), កា (kaa), កិ (keʼ), កី (kəy), កឹ (kə), កឺ (kəɨ), កុ (koʼ), កូ (kou), កួ (kuə), កើ (kaə), កឿ (kɨə), កៀ (kiə), កេ (kee), កែ (kae), កៃ (kay), កោ (kao), កៅ (kaw)

   មេកង

   mee kɑɑ ŋɔɔ

   កង (kɑɑng), កាង (kaang), កិង (kəng), កីង (kəyng), កឹង (kəng), កឺង (kəɨng), កុង (kong), កូង (koung), កួង (kuəng), កើង (kaəng), កឿង (kɨəng), កៀង (kiəng), កេង (keeng), កែង (kaeng), កៃង (kayng), កោង (kaong), កៅង (kawng)

9. principle, rule, theory, guideline
10. rice (cooked, uncooked, or unhusked)
11. female elephant

Adjective

មេ • (mee) (abstract noun ភាពមេ)

1. leading, main, biggest, most important

Derived terms

• មេជើង (meicəəng)
• មេគ្រែ (meikrɛɛ)
• ព្រះមេ (prĕəhmei)

Interjection

មេ • (mee)

1. exclamation of anger

Derived terms

• មេដែក (mee daek, “magnet”)
• មេការ (mee kaa)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• me (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• मे (Devanagari script)
• মে (Bengali script)
• මෙ (Sinhalese script)
• မေ (Burmese script)
• เม (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເມ (Lao script)
• 𑄟𑄬 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

មេ

1. Khmer script form of me, enclitic genitive/dative singular of អហំ (ahaṃ)
2. Khmer script form of me, enclitic instrumental/ablative singular of អហំ (ahaṃ)