raaml

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *trwaːmᴬ (“to carry on the back”). Cognate with Thai หาม (hǎam), Northern Thai ᩉᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຫາມ (hām), Lü ᦠᦱᧄ (ḣaam), Tai Dam ꪬꪱꪣ, Shan ႁၢမ် (hǎam), Zhuang ram, Saek หร่าม.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaːm˨˦/

Verb

raaml

  1. (of more than one person) to carry together; to lift
    • 2005, “Koq Dazsaaml: Soongl Bixnuangx [Lesson Three: Two Brothers]”, in 王伟, 周国炎, editors, 布依语基础教程, Beijing: 中央民族大学出版社, →ISBN, page 188:
      Xih daaus raaml deel bail, baildangz jaangl daadt, deel dungx ganl ngaif miz ndaix xih xuangsos ndanl radt ndeeul, boz gangllingz deel nauz: "o! boh rauz haul bai lo!" xih xidt deel bail lacdaadt lag deel dogt daail bai.
      They carried him away again. When they arrived at the cliff, his belly swelled up, and he couldn't hold it in and let out a fart. Those rhesus macaques said, "Oh! Our father stinks!" and then they threw him to the bottom of the cliff and he died.
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