Khmer Dictionary: សោយ

1. សោយ ( v ) [saoy]   - detail »
   to eat, drink, smoke; to enjoy, partake of, experience; to possess, rule
   
2. សោយ ( v ) [saoy]   - detail »
   to accept, sustain, bear, endure; to feel, experience, undergo
   
3. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]   - detail »
   to eat, consume (food or fuel); to guzzle, devour; to corrode (as rust or an acid) (used for animals feeding; with humans it is intimate in urban centers but may be used more generally in rural areas. The following words which translate as `to eat' in English are used in Cambodian: ច្រាស, ច្រាសច្រំ, បុះ, បុះច្រាស, សុល​, អំពះ​ are all vulgar terms conveying the idea of cramming food into the mouth; ឆាន់​ is used for Buddhist monks; ញ៉ាំ is a polite term used for the speaker and for persons younger than or the same age as the speaker; ទទួលទាន is respectful; ទទួលព្រះរាជទាន is used by the king referring to himself; បរិភោគ is used to refer to persons of lower rank than the speaker or by persons of lower rank referring to themselves; ពិសា​ is a polite form used for persons of equal or higher rank; ពិសាក្រយា is used for high officials; ស៊ី is a common neutral or intimate term used especially of animals; សោយ​ is used of royalty; ហូប is a common rural term; it is used for persons of the same age or rank and is somewhat more polite than ស៊ី not used for animals; ហូប was the favored term by the KR; អាស្រ័យ is used of lower ranking or younger persons; more polite than បរិភោគ )