ខ្ញុំ
See also: ខ្ញី
Khmer
Pronunciation
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Pronoun
ខ្ញុំ • (khñom)
See also
Khmer personal pronouns
singular | plural | ||
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1st person | m | ខ្ញុំបាទ (kɲom baat) | យើង (yəəŋ) |
f | នាងខ្ញុំ (nieŋ kɲom) | ||
neutral | ខ្ញុំ (kɲom) | ||
2nd person | m | លោក (look), អ្នក (neak) |
លោកអ្នក (look neak), ពួកអ្នក (puək neak) |
f | លោកស្រី (look srǝy), អ្នកស្រី (neak srǝy) | ||
3rd person | m and f | គាត់ (koat), គេ (kee) | គាត់ (koat), គេ (kee), ពួកគាត់ (puək koat), ពួកគេ (puək kee) |
n | វា (vie) | វា (vie), ពួកវា (puək vie) |
Old Khmer
Alternative forms
- khñuṃ
- kñuṃ, ក្ញុំ
- kñuṃm, ក្ញុំម៑
- kñum, ក្ញុម៑
- kñumm, ក្ញុម្ម
- kñaṃ, ក្ញំ
- kñaum, ក្ញៅម៑
- kyuṃ, ក្យុំ
Etymology
Extended forms of ញំ (ñaṃ) or *ញុំ (*ñuṃ, “emancipated slave assigned to monastery service; servant, slave; inferior, subordinate; minor, young”). Also compare synonymous Middle Khmer ñom, corresponding to Modern Khmer ញោម (ñoom).
Noun
ខ្ញុំ (khñuṁ)
- person assigned to or offering himself for the service of divinities or sanctuaries
- 900-1100 AD; copied later, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 9:
- មន៑ធូលីវ្រះបាទធូលិជេង៑វ្រះកម្រតេ
ង៑អញ៑តស្តាច៑ទៅបរមេឝ្វរឧន្មិលជ្វន៑ខ្ញុំវណ្ណ៌តំវោន៑មូល
ម្វាយឝរាសមូលម្វាយ- man· dhūlī vraḥ pāda dhūli jeṅ· vraḥ kamrate-
ṅ· ʼañ· ta stāc· dau parameśvara ʼunmila jvan· khñuṁ varṇṇa taṁvon· mūla
mvāya śarāsa mūla mvāya - that His Majesty the King who was graciously pleased to go to Parameśvara for the dedication and present slaves: one foreman from the society of the Tampuon and one foreman from the archers)
- man· dhūlī vraḥ pāda dhūli jeṅ· vraḥ kamrate-
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- bondsman, servant, slave
Descendants
- Khmer: ខ្ញុំ (khñom)
- → Thai: ขยม (kà-yǒm, “attendant, servant”, used as a first person pronoun)
- → Thai: โขยม (“attendant, servant”, used as a first person pronoun)
- → Thai: อัญขยม (an-kà-yǒm, first person pronoun)
- → Northern Thai: ขะโยม (“monastic attendant, devotee, or servant”)
- → Lao: ຂະຍົມ (kha nyom)
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