Cham, Western

Introduction

Cham, Western is a language of Cambodia. It is spoken in Near major cities; Kampong Cham and Kampong Chnang along Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers. Also in France, Libya, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam, Yemen.

Dialects

Cannot communicate with Eastern Cham (See: Cham, Eastern) of central Viet Nam. Lexical similarity: 84% with Eastern Cham (See: Cham, Eastern) of Vietnam (Pawley 2010), 69% with Jarai (See: Jarai) of northeast Cambodia.

The Cham, Western Verb

Verblist

• athah
• hoak
• اتحه
• حالون

• bah -- to blow
• barah -- to swell
• bik -- to throw
• blah -- to split
• blay -- to buy
• bluh, soak yawa -- to breathe
• ɓôh, iauk -- to see
• ɓơng -- to eat
• brŭk -- to work
• chaluai -- to swim
• chapĕt, eak -- to squeeze
• chauk, kăk -- to tie up, fasten
• chŏk -- to cry
• chum -- to sniff, smell
• dauk -- to hide
• ɗih lapay -- to dream
• ɗih wăr -- to sleep
• ɗih -- to lie down
• ɗik -- to climb
• diuk -- to live, be alive
• djuk -- to suck
• doah chuh -- to hunt
• dok dơng -- to stand
• dok la -- to sit
• ɗuaik -- to flow
• gabak, nao takai -- to walk
• garao -- to scratch
• hamĭt -- to hear
• huaik -- to fear
• jhik -- to sew
• jruh, lĕk -- to fall
• kĕk -- to bite
• klao -- to laugh
• klauk -- to stab, pierce
• klĕk -- to steal
• laik, mayai -- to say
• mai -- to come
• mamưh -- to chew
• manhum -- to drink
• matai -- to die, be dead
• nheh -- to turn
• pamatai -- to kill
• păn -- to hold
• panưh -- to shoot
• păr -- to fly
• pla -- to plant
• pơh -- to open, uncover
• pui ɓơng -- to burn
• sanơng -- to think
• tachuh, tachuik -- to spit
• tajŭk -- to dig
• tăk -- to cut, hack
• tamuh -- to grow
• tanơk bai, tŭk -- to cook
• tauk -- to pound, beat
• thau -- to know, be knowledgeable
• tŏng bih -- to count
• tong -- to hit
• uk -- to yawn