Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicล่าม
l ˋ ā m
RomanizationPaiboonlâam
Royal Institutelam
(standard) IPA(key)/laːm˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

ล่าม (lâam)

  1. interpreter: person who orally translates from one language into another.

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Tai *laːmᴮ (to tie up). Cognate with Lao ລ່າມ (lām), Shan လၢမ်ႈ (lāam)., Zhuang lamh.

Verb edit

ล่าม (lâam) (abstract noun การล่าม)

  1. to tie up, to fasten.