ย้อม

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɲɔːmꟲ² (“to dye”), from Proto-Tai *ɲwuːmꟲ (“to dye”), from Middle Chinese 染 (MC nyemX, “to dye”).

Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩬ᩶ᨾ, Lao ຍ້ອມ (nyǭm), Lü ᦍᦸᧄᧉ (yoam²), Tai Dam ꪑ꫁ꪮꪣ, Shan ယွမ်ႉ (yâ̰um), Tai Nüa ᥕᥩᥛᥳ (yȯam), Phake ယွံ (yoṃ), Ahom 𑜊𑜨𑜪 (jʸoṃ) or 𑜐𑜨𑜉𑜫 (ñom), Zhuang yumx or nyumx, Zuojiang Zhuang yomx, Nong Zhuang nyomx, Saek ญุม.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ย้อม y ˆ ɒ m
Romanization	Paiboon	yɔ́ɔm
	Royal Institute	yom
(standard) IPA(key)		/jɔːm˦˥/(R)

Verb

ย้อม • (yɔ́ɔm) (abstract noun การย้อม)

1. To dye.