ຄວາມ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣwaːmᴬ. Cognate with Thai ความ (kwaam), Southern Thai ขว่าม, Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lü ᦩᦱᧄ (xwaam), Tai Dam ꪁꪫꪱꪣ, Tai Dón ꪅꪱꪣ, Shan ၵႂၢမ်း (kwáam), Zhuang vamz.

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [kʰuːə̯m˧˥]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [kʰuːə̯m˩˨]
• Hyphenation: ຄວາມ
• Rhymes: -uːə̯m

Noun

ຄວາມ • (khuām)

1. language, speech
2. word
3. sense, meaning
4. used in compounds to form nouns from verbs and adjectives

Derived terms

• ຖອດຄວາມ (thǭt khuām)

See also

• ການ (kān)