ຄວາມ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣwaːmᴬ. Cognate with Thai ความ (kwaam), Southern Thai ขว่าม, Northern Thai ᨤ᩠ᩅᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lü ᦩᦱᧄ (xwaam), Tai Dam ꪁꪫꪱꪣ, Tai Dón ꪅꪱꪣ, Shan ၵႂၢမ်း (kwáam), Zhuang vamz.

Pronunciation

  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [kʰuːə̯m˧˥]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [kʰuːə̯m˩˨]
  • Hyphenation: ຄວາມ
  • Rhymes: -uːə̯m

Noun

ຄວາມ • (khuām)

  1. language, speech
  2. word
  3. sense, meaning
  4. used in compounds to form nouns from verbs and adjectives

Derived terms

  • ຖອດຄວາມ (thǭt khuām)

See also

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