ᨣᩤᩴ

Northern Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographicᨣᩤᩴ
Phonemicกำ
k å
RomanizationPaiboongam
Royal Institutekam
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/kam˧/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/kam˧˧˦/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɡamᴬ⁴, from Proto-Tai *ɡamᴬ. Cognate with Thai คำ (kam), Lao ຄຳ (kham), ᦅᧄ (kam), Tai Dam ꪁꪾ, Zuojiang Zhuang kaemz.

Noun

ᨣᩤᩴ • (transliteration needed)

  1. word
  2. language; especially spoken language

Etymology 2

Noun

ᨣᩤᩴ • (transliteration needed)

  1. time; occasion

Etymology 3

Cognate with Thai คลำ (klam), Lao ຄຳ (kham), ᦅᧄ (kam), Shan ၵမ်း (kám).

Verb

ᨣᩤᩴ • (transliteration needed) (abstract noun ᨠᩣ᩠ᩁᨣᩤᩴ)

  1. to feel with hands