haemh

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣamᴮ (“night”). Cognate with Thai ค่ำ (kâm), Northern Thai ᨤᩴ᩵ᩣ, Lao ຄ່ຳ (kham), Lü ᦆᧄᧈ (xam¹), Shan ၶမ်ႈ (khām), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ), Saek กฺั้ม.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ham˧/
• Tone numbers: haem⁶
• Hyphenation: haemh

Noun

haemh (1957–1982 spelling həmƅ)

1. dusk; nightfall