ลำ

Northern Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicลำ
l å
RomanizationPaiboonlam
Royal Institutelam
(Chiang Mai) IPA(key)/lam˧/
(Chiang Rai) IPA(key)/lam˧˧˦/

Adjective

ลำ • (lam) (abstract noun กำลำ or ความลำ)

  1. delicious

Thai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *lamᴬ⁴ (“long, cylindrical object”), ultimately from Proto-Tai *lamᴬ⁴. Cognate with Lü ᦟᧄ (lam), Shan လမ်း (lám).

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Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicลำ
l å
RomanizationPaiboonlam
Royal Institutelam
(standard) IPA(key)/lam˧/(R)

Noun

ลำ • (lam)

  1. trunk (of a tree).

See also

Classifier

ลำ • (lam)

  1. Classifier for long and cylindrical objects (plant stems, beams of light) or boats, ships, airplanes, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
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