ย่ำ
Thai edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *ɲamᴮ (“to step on”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿ᩵ᩣᩴ, Khün ᨿ᩵ᩣᩴ, Lao ຍ່ຳ (nyam) or ຢ່ຳ (yam), Lü ᦍᧄᧈ (yam¹) or ᦶᦍᧄᧈ (yaem¹), Zhuang yaemh.
Pronunciation edit
| Orthographic/Phonemic | ย่ำ y ˋ å | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | yâm |
| Royal Institute | yam | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /jam˥˩/(R) | |
Verb edit
ย่ำ • (yâm) (abstract noun การย่ำ)
- to tread; to step; to tramp.
- (archaic, of a percussion instrument used as a timekeeper) to beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
Noun edit
ย่ำ • (yâm)
- (archaic) time period of which the start is signaled by the repeated beating of a certain percussion instrument.