See also: ค่ำ

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicคำ
g å
RomanizationPaiboonkam
Royal Institutekham
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰam˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *ɡamᴬ (bite (n.); speech). Cognate with Ahom 𑜁𑜪𑜨 (khäam), Northern Thai ᨣᩴᩤ, Lao ຄຳ (kham), ᦅᧄ (kam).

Noun edit

คำ (kam)

  1. word
  2. speech
  3. (archaic, in compounds) bite (of food), morsel; bit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Chinese (OC *krɯm). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩴᩣ, Lao ຄຳ (kham), ᦆᧄ (xam), Shan ၶမ်း (khám), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ) or 𑜁𑜞𑜪 (khraṃ), Zhuang gim, Saek กฺั๊ม.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

คำ (kam)

  1. gold.
Synonyms edit
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