ដុំ

See also: ដ, ដី, ដ៏, ដៃ, ដោះ, and ដាំ

Khmer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁um (“collection, accumulation”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដុំ ṭuṃ WT romanisation dom (standard) IPA(key) /ɗom/

Noun

ដុំ • (dom)

1. loaf of bread
2. piece, block, chunk, part, group of
3. pile, cluster, bunch
4. packet, bundle
5. knot
6. hub (e.g., of a wheel)
7. lump

   ស្ករមួយដុំ  ―  skɑɑ muəy dom  ―  one lump of sugar

8. tumor

Adverb

ដុំ • (dom)

1. wholesale

Classifier

ដុំ • (dom)

1. classifier for pieces, lumps (such as sugar), and chunks (especially of earth, rock, wood), stones, parcels of land, and groups of people or houses
2. classifier for units of 800 count silk threads (see also ស្រឡឹង (srɑləŋ))

Derived terms

• ដុំដៃ (dom day, “elbow”)
• ដុំថ្ម (dom thmɑɑ)
• សាច់ដុំ (sac dom, “muscle”)

Affixed forms

• បណ្ដុំ (bɑndom)
• ផ្ដុំ (phdom)
• ម្ដុំ (mdom)
• រដុំ (rɔdom)

Descendants

• → Eastern Cham: ḍaum (“group”)