ย้อม
Thai
Etymology
From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ɲɔːmꟲ² (“to dye”), from Proto-Tai *ɲwuːmꟲ (“to dye”), from Middle Chinese 染 (MC nyemX, “to dye”).
Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩬ᩶ᨾ, Lao ຍ້ອມ (nyǭm), Lü ᦍᦸᧄᧉ (yoam²), Tai Dam ꪑ꫁ꪮꪣ, Shan ယွမ်ႉ (yâ̰um), Tai Nüa ᥕᥩᥛᥳ (yȯam), Phake ယ︀ွံ (yoṃ), Ahom 𑜊𑜨𑜪 (jʸoṃ) or 𑜐𑜨𑜉𑜫 (ñom), Zhuang yumx or nyumx, Zuojiang Zhuang yomx, Nong Zhuang nyomx, Saek ญุม.
Pronunciation
| Orthographic/Phonemic | ย้อม y ˆ ɒ m | |
|---|---|---|
| Romanization | Paiboon | yɔ́ɔm |
| Royal Institute | yom | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /jɔːm˦˥/(R) | |
Verb
ย้อม • (yɔ́ɔm) (abstract noun การย้อม)
Derived terms
- ช่างย้อมผ้า
- ชุบย้อม
- ย้อมใจ
- สีย้อมผ้า
Further reading
- “ย้อม” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.