អេះ

See also: អី and អ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic អេះ ʼeḥ WT romanisation ʼeh (standard) IPA(key) /ʔeh/

Etymology 1

Cognate with Northern Khmer แอ็ฮ.

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Verb

អេះ • (ʼeh) (abstract noun ការអេះ)

1. to scratch (lightly with the fingertips or nails to kill an itch)

Etymology 2

Reduced form of ទេ (tei).

Particle

អេះ • (ʼeh)

1. (colloquial) variant of ទេ (tei) as a final interrogative or intensive marker

   លោកសុខសប្បាយជាអេះ  ―  look sok sapbaay ciə ʼeh  ―  How​ are you?

Etymology 3

Interjection

អេះ • (ʼeh)

1. (intimate, impolite) here, here it is (handing something to someone)