Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tʰàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htam • ALA-LC: thaṃ • BGN/PCGN: htan • Okell: htañ

Postposition edit

ထံ (htam)

  1. to

Phake edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tai *cramꟲ (cave). Cognate with Thai ถ้ำ (tâm), Lao ຖ້ຳ (tham), Northern Thai ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, Khün ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, ᦏᧄᧉ (ṫham²), Shan ထမ်ႈ (thām), Tai Nüa ᥗᥛᥲ (thàm), Tai Dam ꪖꪾ꫁, Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), Zhuang gamj.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

  1. cave.

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

  1. to assist (with authority).

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

  1. next; following.

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

  1. to ask; to enquire.

S'gaw Karen edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Karen *thejᴬ (water) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *thi⁴ (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (water, fluid, wet, to soak). Cognate with Pa'o Karen ထီ, Eastern Pwo ထီ့, Western Pwo ထံၫ, Western Kayah ꤓꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (htyē).

Noun edit

ထံ (hṭee)

  1. water