Thai

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Etymology

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Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨿᩬ᩵ᨾ, Lao ຫຍ່ອມ (nyǭm), Shan ယွမ်ႇ (yàum), Tai Nüa ᥕᥩᥛᥱ (yǒam), Phake ယုံ (yuṃ), Ahom 𑜊𑜤𑜉𑜫 (jʸum), Zhuang nyomq, Zuojiang Zhuang yomq.

Pronunciation

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Orthographicหย่อม
h y ˋ ɒ m
Phonemic
{Unorthographical; Short}
หฺย็่อม
h ̥ y ˘ ˋ ɒ m
RomanizationPaiboonyɔ̀m
Royal Instituteyom
(standard) IPA(key)/jɔm˨˩/(R)

Noun

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หย่อม (yɔ̀m)

  1. patch; clump; cluster.