Khmer Dictionary: សូម

1. ចូរ ( v ) [coo]   - detail »
   to scratch (with a sharp object such as the point of a knife or the fingernail), to score, engrave (2) mild imperative or hortative marker placed at the beginning of a phrase; it is used only to inferiors and may often be translated by “please” or “will you please”. សូម is a more polite synonym
   Eg. ចូរនិយាយខ្មែរ! : Speak Khmer!
2. សូម ( v ) [soom]   - detail »
   to request, ask for; to beg, entreat; polite term used to introduce a sentence. It means 'please, would you..., would you please'
   Eg. សូម​ជំរាបមកលោកឳពុកនិងអ្នកម្តាយសូមជ្រាប : Dear father and mother (fairly formal greeting in a letter).
3. 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.
4. អាសិដ្ឋ ( n ) [ʔaasettʰaʔ]   - detail »
   hortative particles, words of entreaty, (e.g. ចូរ, ចូរឲ្យ, សូម, សូមឲ្យ )