ตำ

From Proto-Tai *tamᴬ (“to pound”).^[1]

Cognate with Isan ตำ, Lao ຕຳ (tam), Northern Thai ᨲᩣᩴ (tam¹), Khün ᨲᩣᩴ (tam¹), Lü ᦎᧄ (ṫam), Shan တမ် (tǎm), Ahom 𑜄𑜪 (taṃ), Zhuang daem.

ตำ • (dtam) (abstract noun การตำ)

1. to prick, to prickle; to pierce, to puncture; to sting; to penetrate.
2. to hit; to beat; to strike.
3. to pound, as with a pestle.
4. (slang, humorous) to get, take, or buy (a product or service); to visit (a shop for such purpose).
   • 2020 April 3, Slowlife, “มาดูรีวิวก่อนไปตำกันจ้า”, in sistacafe‎^[2], กรุงเทพฯ: โดนัทส์ แบงค็อก, retrieved 19 March 2021:

     วางขายที่...ทุกสาขา...ไปกันได้

     waang kǎai tîi ... túk sǎa-kǎa ... bpai dtam gan dâai

     [They are] out for sale at every branch of... [You] all can go get [them now].

ตำ • (dtam)

1. food prepared by means of pounding.