Thai edit

Etymology edit

Compare Middle Chinese (MC tsimH, “to soak”). Probably related with จุ่ม (jùm), จุ้ม (jûm), and จ่อม (jɔ̀ɔm).

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicจิ้ม
t͡ɕ i ˆ m
RomanizationPaiboonjîm
Royal Institutechim
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕim˥˩/(R)

Verb edit

จิ้ม (jîm) (abstract noun การจิ้ม)

  1. to dip into.
  2. to poke; to spear (to pick up).

Derived terms edit