Thai

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Etymology

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Possibly related to คุม (kum), คุ้ม (kúm), คลุม (klum).

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicกุม
k u m
RomanizationPaiboongum
Royal Institutekum
(standard) IPA(key)/kum˧/(R)
Homophonesกุมภ์

Verb

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กุม (gum) (abstract noun การกุม)

  1. to hold; to take hold (of).
  2. to control; to exercise control (over); to exercise restraint (over); to take into control; to take control (of).
  3. to take into custody; to arrest.

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