Bumblebee?
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Re: Bumblebee?
Thanks Rama - a bit of research (asking a lot of locals, checking word lists and dictionaries, Google Translate) tells me 'bumblebee' exists in the Khmer lexicon, but so does 'dodo' apparently, and neither is known colloquially.
We will have to go with 'Happy Bee' or something similar in Khmer. Is there a well known, positive word for 'benevolent' or 'charity' that would work with 'bee'?
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Re: Bumblebee?
Getting above my intermediate Khmer, but this nice common name & word springs to mind = កុសល Kosal
(1a n merit; good deed; good fortune, the product of a meritorious act
1b adj to be fortunate, lucky)
& the subentry /compound word កុសលធម៌ Kosal Thoa
1 charity, philanthropy
You're right to check all your Khmer with a Khmer, but that could work? It sounds good to my English man's ears - "ឃ្ផុម កុសល / K'mom Kosal"
(1a n merit; good deed; good fortune, the product of a meritorious act
1b adj to be fortunate, lucky)
& the subentry /compound word កុសលធម៌ Kosal Thoa
1 charity, philanthropy
You're right to check all your Khmer with a Khmer, but that could work? It sounds good to my English man's ears - "ឃ្ផុម កុសល / K'mom Kosal"
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Re: Bumblebee?
I was searching for bumblebee tuk tuk on google and this interesting thread showed up. It was posted before i joined CEO, otherwise i would love to contribute to this thread as well, anyway people got it right.
BTW, here is there the correct khmer writing for the word bee (ឃ្មុំ).
For the lazy connotation, Cambodian used cicada to represent lazy people and ant for hard-working.
BTW, here is there the correct khmer writing for the word bee (ឃ្មុំ).
For the lazy connotation, Cambodian used cicada to represent lazy people and ant for hard-working.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
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Wow... you revived a thread from a year ago - that's commitment!Samouth wrote:I was searching for bumblebee tuk tuk on google and this interesting thread showed up. It was posted before i joined CEO, otherwise i would love to contribute to this thread as well, anyway people got it right.
BTW, here is there the correct khmer writing for the word bee (ឃ្មុំ).
For the lazy connotation, Cambodian used cicada to represent lazy people and ant for hard-working.
Yes, I now see the error in my original Khmer script for bee thank you.
We weren't looking for lazy, more like wandering. Bumble has negative connotations in English which are not related to bumblebee.
When Khmer people ask now what bumblebee means (which nowadays only happens 10 or so times a day while waiting at the lights) we just say "big happy bee" and they smile.
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you got a link for the facebook? or what do i search for?StroppyChops wrote:Wow... you revived a thread from a year ago - that's commitment!Samouth wrote:I was searching for bumblebee tuk tuk on google and this interesting thread showed up. It was posted before i joined CEO, otherwise i would love to contribute to this thread as well, anyway people got it right.
BTW, here is there the correct khmer writing for the word bee (ឃ្មុំ).
For the lazy connotation, Cambodian used cicada to represent lazy people and ant for hard-working.
Yes, I now see the error in my original Khmer script for bee thank you.
We weren't looking for lazy, more like wandering. Bumble has negative connotations in English which are not related to bumblebee.
When Khmer people ask now what bumblebee means (which nowadays only happens 10 or so times a day while waiting at the lights) we just say "big happy bee" and they smile.
The company website is parked at the moment while I change some skins - look for us on Facebook.
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As much as everyone likes to make fun of, or run down Mormons on their bikes,, I now have a lot of respect for these guys and what they do, now that I have met some of them. There are always 3 or 4 that live in a 6 bed apartment [ rented by the church ] just a few doors from my place in Takhmau and I have spoken to them many times. It appears they do a six month stint in different places around the world and all of them that arrive here speak Khmer and get on with the locals very well.flying chicken wrote:Is it a prerequisite for ones who enroll to be converted? I saw 2 luxury churches sprung up in the urban area of Siem Reap and Kompong Thom faster than the Mormon on their bicycles in the last 2 months.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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https://www.facebook.com/BumblebeeCambodiaJamie_Lambo wrote:you got a link for the facebook? or what do i search for?StroppyChops wrote:Wow... you revived a thread from a year ago - that's commitment!Samouth wrote:I was searching for bumblebee tuk tuk on google and this interesting thread showed up. It was posted before i joined CEO, otherwise i would love to contribute to this thread as well, anyway people got it right.
BTW, here is there the correct khmer writing for the word bee (ឃ្មុំ).
For the lazy connotation, Cambodian used cicada to represent lazy people and ant for hard-working.
Yes, I now see the error in my original Khmer script for bee thank you.
We weren't looking for lazy, more like wandering. Bumble has negative connotations in English which are not related to bumblebee.
When Khmer people ask now what bumblebee means (which nowadays only happens 10 or so times a day while waiting at the lights) we just say "big happy bee" and they smile.
The company website is parked at the moment while I change some skins - look for us on Facebook.
Here is link to facebook page. I think the price that bumblebee charge is really reasonable.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
Re: Bumblebee?
StroppyChops wrote:Wow... you revived a thread from a year ago - that's commitment!Samouth wrote:I was searching for bumblebee tuk tuk on google and this interesting thread showed up. It was posted before i joined CEO, otherwise i would love to contribute to this thread as well, anyway people got it right.
BTW, here is there the correct khmer writing for the word bee (ឃ្មុំ).
For the lazy connotation, Cambodian used cicada to represent lazy people and ant for hard-working.
Yes, I now see the error in my original Khmer script for bee thank you.
We weren't looking for lazy, more like wandering. Bumble has negative connotations in English which are not related to bumblebee.
When Khmer people ask now what bumblebee means (which nowadays only happens 10 or so times a day while waiting at the lights) we just say "big happy bee" and they smile.
The company website is parked at the moment while I change some skins - look for us on Facebook.
Here it is. I was searching for bumblebee tuk tuk and this thread showed up even before its facebook page.
បើសិនធ្វើចេះ ចេះឲ្យគេកោត បើសិនធ្វើឆោត ឆោតឲ្យគេអាណិត។
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
If you know a lot, know enough to make them respect you, if you are stupid, be stupid enough so they can pity you.
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