Khmer

Noun

មេ • ‎(mee)

1. mother
2. term of address for a maid or any girl (abrupt) (in this sense it is often pronounced /mii/ or /mə/)
3. term of address for a female animal (in this sense it is often pronounced /mii/ or /mə/) (see អា ‎(qa), the masculine equivalent)
4. chief, leader, head, master
5. owner
6. guard
7. supervising officer
8. name given to the series of vowels combined with any consonant, or to the series of vowels and final consonants combined with initial consonants

   មេកកា‎

   mee kɑɑ kaa

   ក ‎(kâ), កា ‎(ka), កិ ‎(kĕ), កី ‎(kei), កឹ ‎(kœ̆), កឺ ‎(kœ), កុ ‎(kŏ), កូ ‎(ko), កួ ‎(kuŏ), កើ ‎(kaeu), កឿ ‎(keua), កៀ ‎(kiĕ), កេ ‎(ké), កែ ‎(kê), កៃ ‎(kai), កោ ‎(kaô), កៅ ‎(kau)

   មេកង‎

   mee kɑɑ ŋɔɔ

   កង ‎(kâng), កាង ‎(kang), កិង ‎(kĕng), កីង ‎(keing), កឹង ‎(kœ̆ng), កឺង ‎(kœng), កុង ‎(kŏng), កូង ‎(kong), កួង ‎(kuŏng), កើង ‎(kaeung), កឿង ‎(keuang), កៀង ‎(kiĕng), កេង ‎(kéng), កែង ‎(kêng), កៃង ‎(kaingô), កោង ‎(kaông), កៅង ‎(kaung)

9. principle, rule, theory, guideline
10. rice (cooked, uncooked, or unhusked)
11. female elephant

Adjective

មេ • ‎(mee)

1. leading, main, biggest, most important

Derived terms

• មេជើង ‎(mécheung)
• មេគ្រែ ‎(mékrê)
• ព្រះមេ ‎(preăhmé)

Interjection

មេ • ‎(mee)

1. exclamation of anger

Derived terms

• មេដែក ‎(mee daek, “magnet”)
• មេការ ‎(mee kaa)