คำ

See also: ค่ำ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicคำ
gå
RomanizationPaiboonkam
Royal Institutekham
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰam˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ɡamᴬ (bite (n.); speech). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩴᩤ, Lao ຄຳ (kham), ᦅᧄ (kam).

Noun

คำ (kam)

  1. word.
  2. speech.
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Etymology 2

From Old Chinese (OC *krɯm). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩴᩣ, Lao ຄຳ (kham), ᦆᧄ (xam), Shan ၶမ်း (khám), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (kham) or 𑜁𑜞𑜪 (khram), Zhuang gim, Saek กฺั๊ม.

Alternative forms

Noun

คำ (kam)

  1. gold.
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