Cambodian scouring pad

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taabarang wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:39 pm
Username Taken wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:10 pm Enlightening discussion. However you spell ACH or UJ, I just go for a very simple UT.
My system works unfortunately primarily for me. This is probably my last post on rural Khmer language usage. There is no one accepted system of transliteration and I have no "f" ing desire to learn the Khmer system. Plus with the exception of Father J, there really isn't that much interest.
Are you drunk already, or what? No need to grumble. I was trying to make a joke about being referred to as UT.

Get over it. :facepalm:
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Username Taken wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:54 pm
taabarang wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:39 pm
Username Taken wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:10 pm Enlightening discussion. However you spell ACH or UJ, I just go for a very simple UT.
My system works unfortunately primarily for me. This is probably my last post on rural Khmer language usage. There is no one accepted system of transliteration and I have no "f" ing desire to learn the Khmer system. Plus with the exception of Father J, there really isn't that much interest.
Are you drunk already, or what? No need to grumble. I was trying to make a joke about being referred to as UT.

Get over it. :facepalm:
UT I did indeed get it. The only thiing that is over is my Khmer language contributions. And no I'm not drunk. Respects bro.
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taabarang wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:02 pm
Username Taken wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:54 pm
taabarang wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:39 pm
Username Taken wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:10 pm Enlightening discussion. However you spell ACH or UJ, I just go for a very simple UT.
My system works unfortunately primarily for me. This is probably my last post on rural Khmer language usage. There is no one accepted system of transliteration and I have no "f" ing desire to learn the Khmer system. Plus with the exception of Father J, there really isn't that much interest.
Are you drunk already, or what? No need to grumble. I was trying to make a joke about being referred to as UT.

Get over it. :facepalm:
UT I did indeed get it. The only thiing that is over is my Khmer language contributions. And no I'm not drunk. Respects bro.
PS this is the KofW; plenty of reason to grumble.
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violet wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:35 pm Is it shit or waste, or is there no difference?
kinda both, its a word that by its self means shit/feces,
but its often added to many other words to describe a kind of waste product, whether it be earwax, the gunk you get in the corner of your eye, snot, the dirt under your nails, leftover food stuck between your teeth, belly button fluff etc...

it is also used as mentioned for mechanical waste products like sawdust, file chippings, chisel chippings, drill dust, certain textile wastes etc...

it is also used in the words for freckles/birthmark/moles, meteorites and some plants
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taabarang wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:42 pm I haven't posted Khmer vocab items here in a long time, but recently stumblefd across one I found somewhat interesting. I recently went to a local mom and pop store(hang chap houii) to buy a metal scouring pad for cleaning pots and pans.

I asked for a prodap dos chhang and was handed it along with a few other odds and ends( kompek kompok) I also ordered. When I inquired about the price of the scouring pad alone, I was told "ACH deik.muey pam roi riels". The new local word I learned was " Ach deik" literally shit + metal. Works for me.
ទាក - Deak/Deik actually means to trap/catch/entangle,
so the Ach Deik metal scouring pad literally means to trap/catch/entangle the shit :D :D

PS. I love your language posts, please dont let it be your last :cry:
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There is a word 'ដែក,' I would write as 'daek'or 'daik,' which means steel or iron.
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explorer wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:36 am There is a word 'ដែក,' I would write as 'daek'or 'daik,' which means steel or iron.
ahh you are quite right mate, that will be the word Taa meant then :thumb:
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