กำ
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic/Phonemic | กำ k å | |
Romanization | Paiboon | gam |
Royal Institute | kam | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /kam˧/(R) | |
Homophones | กรรม |
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Tai *kamᴬ (“to hold in the closed hand”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩣᩴ, Khün ᨠᩣᩴ, Lao ກຳ (kam), Lü ᦂᧄ (k̇am), Shan ၵမ် (kǎm), Tai Nüa ᥐᥛ (kam), Phake ကံ (kaṃ), Ahom 𑜀𑜪 (kaṃ), Zhuang gaem, Nong Zhuang gaem, Saek กั๋ม, Tày căm.
Verb
[edit]กำ • (gam) (abstract noun การกำ)
Noun
[edit]กำ • (gam)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]กำ • (gam)
- (archaic, now colloquial) karma
Synonyms
[edit]- กรรม (gam)