ទេ

See also: ទៅ, ទះ, ទា, ទី, ទ, and ទូ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic ទេ de Phonemic ទេ / តេ de / te WT romanisation tei, tee (standard) IPA(key) /tei/ ~ /teː/

Particle

ទេ • (tei)

1. final interrogative particle.

   ថ្លៃទេ  ―  thlay tei  ―  How much does it cost?

2. no, not (phrase-final negative marker; usually requires one of the preverbal particles មិន (mɨn), ពុំ (pum), អត់ (ʼɑt), ឥត (ʼət), or a combination of them with other preverbal particles)

Derived terms

• បាទទេ (baat tei)
• បានទេ (baan tei)
• មិនអ្វីទេ (mɨn ʼaʼvəy tei, “you’re welcome”)
• ឬទេ (rɨɨ tei)
• អត់ទេ (ʼɑt tei)