ถ้ำ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *cramꟲ (“cave”). Cognate with Lao ຖ້ຳ (tham), Northern Thai ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, Khün ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, Lü ᦏᧄᧉ (ṫham²), Shan ထမ်ႈ (thām), Tai Nüa ᥗᥛᥲ (thàm), Phake ထံ (thaṃ), Tai Dam ꪖꪾ꫁, Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), Zhuang gamj.

Pronunciation

Orthographicถ้ำ
tʰ ˆ å
Phonemic
ท่ำ
d ˋ å
RomanizationPaiboontâm
Royal Institutetham
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰam˥˩/(R)

Noun

ถ้ำ • (tâm) (classifier แห่ง)

  1. cave; tunnel

Descendants

  • → Mon: ထီု

See also

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