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ดำ

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Thai

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Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicดำ
ɗ å
RomanizationPaiboondam
Royal Institutedam
(standard) IPA(key)/dam˧/(R)
Homophonesดัมพ์

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *ɗamᴬ (“to dive”).[1]

Cognate with Shan လမ် (lǎm), Zhuang ndaem.

Verb

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ดำ • (dam) (abstract noun การดำ)

  1. to dive (in the water).

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Tai *t.namᴬ (“to transplant”).[2]

Cognate with Zhuang ndaem.

Compare Khmer ដាំ (dam, “to plant”), Proto-Austronesian *taɬem (“to transplant”).

Verb

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ดำ • (dam) (abstract noun การดำ)

  1. to plant; to transplant (rice in the padding field).
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Tai *C̥.damᴬ (“black; dark”).[3]

Cognate with Lao ດຳ (dam), Northern Thai ᨯᩣᩴ, Khün ᨯᩣᩴ, Lü ᦡᧄ (ḋam), Shan လမ် (lǎm), Ahom 𑜃𑜪 (naṃ) or 𑜓𑜪 (daṃ), Zhuang ndaem.

Compare Proto-Be *zamᴬ¹, Proto-Hlai *ɗəmʔ (“black”).

Adjective

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ดำ • (dam) (abstract noun ความดำ)

  1. black.
Antonyms
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Derived terms
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See also

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Colors in Thai · สี (sǐi) (layout · text)
     ขาว (kǎao)      เทา (tao)      ดำ (dam)
             แดง (dɛɛng)              ส้ม (sôm); น้ำตาล (nám-dtaan)              เหลือง (lʉ̌ʉang); ครีม (kriim)
             เขียว (kǐao)              เขียว (kǐao)             
             ฟ้า (fáa)              ฟ้า (fáa)              น้ำเงิน (nám-ngən)
             ม่วง (mûuang); คราม (kraam)              บานเย็น (baan-yen); ม่วง (mûuang)              ชมพู (chom-puu)

References

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  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 352
  2. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[2], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 347
  3. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎[3], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 392
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