ញាំ

See also: ញ៉ាំ, ញី, and ញ

Khmer

ញាំស្វាយខ្ចី (green mango salad)

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Thai ยำ (yam, “spicy and sour salad”); Hakka 醃／腌 (âm, “to marinate; to pickle”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ញាំ ñāṃ WT romanisation ñŏəm (standard) IPA(key) /ɲŏəm/

Noun

ញាំ • (ñŏəm)

1. Cambodian meat or fish salad

Verb

ញាំ • (ñŏəm) (abstract noun ការញាំ)

1. to prepare a Cambodian meat or fish salad