សើម

See also: ស្មើ, ស្មៅ, ស្មា, សម, សៀម, សឹម, and សូម

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *səm()(-s) ~ *səəmʔ (“damp”). Cognate with Vietnamese tẩm (“to soak”). Compare also Old Chinese 浸 (OC *ʔsims, *sʰim, “to soak, to immerse in water”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic សើម
soem
WT romanisation saəm
(standard) IPA(key) /saəm/

Adjective

សើម • (saəm) (abstract noun ភាពសើម)

  1. to be moist, damp, humid

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Affixed forms

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