ꪑ꫁ꪮꪣ

Tai Dam

Etymology

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

Cognate with Thai ย้อม (yɔ́ɔm), Northern Thai ᨿᩬ᩶ᨾ, Lao ຍ້ອມ (nyǭm), Lü ᦍᦸᧄᧉ (yoam²), 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

• IPA^(key): [ɲɔm˧˩ˀ]
• Hyphenation: ꪑ꫁ꪮꪣ
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

ꪑ꫁ꪮꪣ (ꞌnhọm)

1. to dye