ข้าม
Appearance
Thai
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *χaːmꟲ (“to cross”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຂ້າມ (khām), Shan ၶၢမ်ႈ (khāam), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ), Zhuang hamj or gamj.
Pronunciation
[edit]Orthographic | ข้าม kʰ ˆ ā m | |
Phonemic | ค่าม g ˋ ā m | |
Romanization | Paiboon | kâam |
Royal Institute | kham | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /kʰaːm˥˩/(R) |