ก้ม

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *kɤmꟲ (to bend over).[1]

Cognate with Lao ກົ້ມ (kom); Shan ၵူမ်ႈ (kūum); Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜪 (kuṃ); Zhuang gumx (dialectal), goemj (dialectal) and ngoemj (dialectal).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicก้ม
k ˆ m
RomanizationPaiboongôm
Royal Institutekom
(standard) IPA(key)/kom˥˩/(R)

Verb

ก้ม • (gôm) (abstract noun การก้ม)

  1. to bend over; to stoop

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 350