กระท่อม

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic		กระท่อม k r a d ˋ ɒ m
Phonemic {Unorthographical; Short}		กฺระ-ท็่อม k ̥ r a – d ˘ ˋ ɒ m
Romanization	Paiboon	grà-tɔ̂m
	Royal Institute	kra-thom
(standard) IPA(key)		/kra˨˩.tʰɔm˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Old Khmer ក្ទំ (kdaṃ), កទំ (kadaṃ, “to settle; to take up residence”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɡdɔɔm (“hut; room”). Cognate with Khmer ខ្ទម (khtɔɔm).

Possibly doublet of ขนำ (via Southern Thai ขนำ and Western Cham kadauṃ).

Noun

กระท่อม • (grà-tɔ̂m) (classifier หลัง)

1. cottage; hut.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer កទម្វ (kadamva), កទំ (kadaṃ), from Sanskrit कदम्ब (kadamba), कदम्बक (kadambaka). Cognate with Khmer ក្ទម្ព (ktɔɔm), Lao ກະທ່ອມ (ka thǭm), Pali kadamba.

Doublet of กระทุ่ม. Compare Malay ketum.​

Noun

กระท่อม • (grà-tɔ̂m)

1. kratom.

   Synonyms: อีถ่าง, ท่อม (tɔ̂ɔm)