ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ

Northern Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *cramꟲ. Cognate with Thai ถ้ำ (tâm), Lao ຖ້ຳ (tham), Khün ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, ᦏᧄᧉ (ṫham²), Shan ထမ်ႈ (thām), Tai Nüa ᥗᥛᥲ (thàm), Phake ထံ (thaṃ), Tai Dam ꪖꪾ꫁, Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), Zhuang gamj.

Pronunciation

Orthographicᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ
Phonemicถ้ำ
tʰ ˆ å
RomanizationPaiboonta᷆m
Royal Institutetham
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/tʰam˥˥˨/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/tʰam˥˥/

Noun

ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ • (tam)

  1. cave.