ចាំ

See also: ច, ចំ, ចេះ, and ចៃ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cam ~ *caam (“to wait, watch”); cognate with Ngeq [cam] ("to watch; look after; to wait for"). Compare Thai จำ (jam).

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic ចាំ
cāṃ
WT romanisation cam
(standard) IPA(key) /cam/

Verb

ចាំ • (cam) (abstract noun ការចាំ)

  1. to wait (for), await, expect, lie in wait for
  2. to watch over, guard, keep
  3. to remember; to have learned by heart, to know well.
  4. to think of again, recall with some effort, keep in mind
  5. to retain in the memory; to memorize

Conjunction

ចាំ • (chăm)

  1. just wait until (+ clause), just let (+ clause)
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