ដាំ

See also: ដ៏, ដី, ដៃ, ដោះ, ដុំ, and ដ

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដាំ
ṭāṃ
WT romanisation dam
(standard) IPA(key) /ɗam/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *t₁um ~ *t₁uəm ~ *t₁am ~ *t₁aam ~ *t₁əəm (“to boil; to distil”).[1] Compare Thai ต้ม (dtôm).

Verb

ដាំ • (dam) (abstract noun ការដាំ)

  1. to boil (water), to cook (rice)

Etymology 2

Compare Proto-Austronesian *taɬem (“to transplant”), Thai ดำ (dam). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ដាំ • (dam) (abstract noun ការដាំ)

  1. to plant (seeds), to grow (crops)
  2. to set up, install, establish
  3. to set (a gem)

Affixed forms

See also

References

  1. ^ These forms were reconstructed by Shorto, Harry L.; (eds.) Sidwell, Paul; et al. (2006) A Mon–Khmer Comparative Dictionary. Canberra: Australian National University, Pacific Linguistics, page 369
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