Khmer Dictionary: សុំ

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  1. សុំ ( v ) [som]   - detail »
    to ask (for), beg, request, demand.
  2. សុំ ( initverb ) [som]   - detail »
    to ask to (do something) (may be used in a polite way by older people to younger ones. It is often used interchangeably with សូម which however more accurately occurs in sentence initial position)
    Eg. រាជការសុំឲ្យអស់បណ្ដារាស្ត្រយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ខំប្រឹងធ្វើការនេះឲ្យ​បានសំរេចឆាប់ : The government asks all the people to work hard.