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)

final interrogative particle.
ថ្លៃទេ ― thlay tei ― How much does it cost?
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)

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