See also: ต่ำ

Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *tamᴬ. Cognate with Isan ตำ, Lao ຕຳ (tam), Northern Thai ᨲᩣᩴ (tam¹), Khün ᨲᩣᩴ (tam¹), ᦎᧄ (ṫam), Shan တမ် (tǎm), Ahom 𑜄𑜪 (taṃ), Zhuang daem.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicตำ
t å
RomanizationPaiboondtam
Royal Institutetam
(standard) IPA(key)/tam˧/(R)

Verb edit

ตำ (dtam) (abstract noun การตำ)

  1. to prick, to prickle; to pierce, to puncture; to sting; to penetrate.
  2. to hit; to beat; to strike.
  3. to pound, as with a pestle.
  4. (slang, humorous) to get, take, or buy (a product or service); to visit (a shop for such purpose).
    • 2020 April 3, Slowlife, “มาดูรีวิวก่อนไปตำกันจ้า”, in sistacafe[1], กรุงเทพฯ: โดนัทส์ แบงค็อก, retrieved 2021-03-19:
      วางขายที่...ทุกสาขา...ไปตำกันได้
      waang kǎai tîi ... túk sǎa-kǎa ... bpai dtam gan dâai
      [They are] out for sale at every branch of... [You] all can go get [them now].

Noun edit

ตำ (dtam)

  1. food prepared by means of pounding.

Derived terms edit