กำ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicกำ
k å
RomanizationPaiboongam
Royal Institutekam
(standard) IPA(key)/kam˧/(R)
Homophonesกรรม

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kamᴬ (“to hold in the closed hand”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩣᩴ, Khün ᨠᩣᩴ, Lao ກຳ (kam), Lü ᦂᧄ (k̇am), Shan ၵမ် (kǎm), Tai Nüa ᥐᥛ (kam), Phake ကံ (kaṃ), Ahom 𑜀𑜪 (kaṃ), Zhuang gaem, Nong Zhuang gaem, Saek กั๋ม, Tày căm.

Verb

กำ • (gam) (abstract noun การกำ)

  1. to fist; to grasp

Noun

กำ • (gam)

  1. fist

Etymology 2

Noun

กำ • (gam)

  1. (archaic, now colloquial) karma
Synonyms
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