གཏམས

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full, flat, straight”). Related to ཐམ་པ (tham pa), ལྟམས (ltams). Compare also Chinese 斟 (OC *kljum, “to pour”) and 淫 (OC *lɯm, “excessive”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ktams/
• Lhasa: /tam˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ktams/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: dam^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /tam˥˥/

Verb

གཏམས • (gtams) (nominal form གཏམས་པ)

1. (transitive) to fill up, to fill, to make full

Conjugation

Conjugation of གཏམས

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	གཏམས གཏམ	gtams gtam
Future	གཏམས གཏམ	gtams gtam
Past	གཏམས	gtams
Imperative	གཏམས གཏོམས	gtams gtoms

Etymology 2

Verb

གཏམས • (gtams) (nominal form གཏམས་པ)

1. inflection of གཏམ (gtam, “to say, tell”):
   1. past
   2. imperative

Etymology 3

Verb

གཏམས • (gtams) (nominal form གཏམས་པ)

1. past of གཏམ (gtam, “to entrust”)