ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ
Northern Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *cramꟲ. Cognate with Thai ถ้ำ (tâm), Lao ຖ້ຳ (tham), Khün ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, Lü ᦏᧄᧉ (ṫham²), Shan ထမ်ႈ (thām), Tai Nüa ᥗᥛᥲ (thàm), Phake ထံ (thaṃ), Tai Dam ꪖꪾ꫁, Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), Zhuang gamj.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ | |
| Phonemic | ถ้ำ tʰ ˆ å | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | ta᷆m |
| Royal Institute | tham | |
| (Chiang Mai) IPA(key) | /tʰam˥˥˨/ | |
| (Chiang Rai) IPA(key) | /tʰam˥˥/ | |
Noun
ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ • (tam)
- cave.