ខ្ញុំ

See also: ខ្ញី

Khmer
knyom

Etymology

From Old Khmer khñuṃ, kñuṃ or Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer kñuṃ, kñuṃm, kñum, kñumm, kñaṃ, kñaum, kyuṃg (“person assigned to or offering himself for the service of divinities or sanctuaries; bondsman, servant, slave”); being extended forms of Old Khmer ñaṃ, *ñuṃ, Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer ñaṃ, *ñuṃ, or Middle Khmer ñom (“emancipated slave assigned to monastery service; servant, slave; inferior, subordinate; minor, young”), corresponding to Modern Khmer ញោម (ñoom).

Compare Thai ขยม (“attendant, servant”, used as a first person pronoun), โขยม (“attendant, servant”, used as a first person pronoun), อัญขยม (an-kà-yǒm, first person pronoun); Northern Thai ขะโยม (“monastic attendant, devotee, or servant”); Lao ຂະຍົມ (kha nyom).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ខ្ញុំ
k̥ʰñuṃ
WT romanisation khñom
(standard) IPA(key) /kɲom/

Noun

ខ្ញុំ • (khñom)

  1. servant, slave

Pronoun

ខ្ញុំ • (khñom)

  1. I, me (first-person singular)
  2. my
    ផ្ទះខ្ញុំ ― pteah kɲom ― my house

Synonyms
  • អញ (aɲ)
  • ឯង (aeŋ)
  • ញ៉ុម (ɲom) (colloquial)
  • អាចក្តី (aac kdəy) (archaic, clerical)

See also
Khmer personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person m ខ្ញុំបាទ (kɲom baat) យើង (yəəŋ)
f នាងខ្ញុំ (nieŋ kɲom)
neutral ខ្ញុំ (kɲom)
2nd person m លោក (look),
អ្នក (neak)		 លោកអ្នក (look neak),
ពួកអ្នក (puək neak)
f លោកស្រី (look srǝy),
អ្នកស្រី (neak srǝy)
3rd person m and f គាត់ (koat), គេ (kee) គាត់ (koat), គេ (kee),
ពួកគាត់ (puək koat), ពួកគេ (puək kee)
n វា (vie) វា (vie),
ពួកវា (puək vie)
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