ล่าม

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ล่าม l ˋ ā m
Romanization	Paiboon	lâam
	Royal Institute	lam
(standard) IPA(key)		/laːm˥˩/(R)

Etymology 1

Noun

ล่าม • (lâam)

1. interpreter: person who orally translates from one language into another.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *laːmᴮ (“to tie up”). Cognate with Lao ລ່າມ (lām), Shan လၢမ်ႈ (lāam)., Zhuang lamh.

Verb

ล่าม • (lâam) (abstract noun การล่าม)

1. to tie up, to fasten.