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From Proto-Tai *ɗamᴬ (“to dive”).^[1]

Cognate with Shan လမ် (lǎm), Zhuang ndaem.

ดำ • (dam) (abstract noun การดำ)

1. to dive (in the water).

From Proto-Tai *t.namᴬ (“to transplant”).^[2]

Cognate with Zhuang ndaem.

Compare Khmer ដាំ (dam, “to plant”), Proto-Austronesian *taɬem (“to transplant”).

ดำ • (dam) (abstract noun การดำ)

1. to plant; to transplant (rice in the padding field).

From Proto-Tai *C̥.damᴬ (“black; dark”).^[3]

Cognate with Lao ດຳ (dam), Northern Thai ᨯᩣᩴ, Khün ᨯᩣᩴ, Lü ᦡᧄ (ḋam), Shan လမ် (lǎm), Ahom 𑜃𑜪 (naṃ) or 𑜓𑜪 (daṃ), Zhuang ndaem.

Compare Proto-Be *zamᴬ¹, Proto-Hlai *ɗəmʔ (“black”).

ดำ • (dam) (abstract noun ความดำ)

1. black.