tám

tám

1. feather

• Mark Van de Velde, A Grammar of Eton (2008, →ISBN

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔɑːm/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑːm
• Hyphenation: tám

tám n

1. haze, mist
2. thin smoke, haze or mist of smoke

• "tám" at Sprotin.fo

• Rhymes: -am

tám alternate of ntám

1. to shoot?, to mend?

   Tâmǒ wə́ ntám mntâp myə. ― Tamo is mending his shoes.

2. to move? (preverb)

   Nə́ tâm zhʉ̀m ― To follow

tám ? singular of ? ?

1. vulture

• Erika Eichholzer et al., editors (2002), Dictionnaire Ghomala’ (in French)
• Mkounga Tala Teku Blaise (2015), The Structure of the left periphery in Ghɔmáláʼ

From Proto-Cushitic *ɬa(a)ma (“two”). Cognates include Afar nammay, Hadiyya lamo, Oromo lama, Kambaata lámo and Somali laba.

tám

1. three

• Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002), Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 87

• IPA^(key): /tamje⁵⁵/

tám

1. (Patsho) near; in the vicinity of, or around the area or proximity

From Proto-Celtic *tāmus, which could be related to *tādeti (“to melt”).^[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *temH-, whence also Sanskrit ताम्यति (tāmyati, “to choke, to die”), Old Church Slavonic томити (tomiti, “to languish”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪aːβ̃/

tám m

1. plague, disease

• Irish: támh
• Manx: taaue
• Scottish Gaelic: tàmh

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːm˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːm˦˥]

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From Proto-Vietic *saːmʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tNɕaːm. Cognate with Muong thảm, Bahnar tơhngam/hngam, Mon ဒ္စာံ (həcam), Bolyu saːm⁵³.

This word occurs in several compounds with the figurative meaning of "many". Compare Chinese 八 (bā, “eight, many”), Old Japanese 八 (ya, “eight, many”). See also the similar usage of "seven" for "many, all" in other languages (seven seas (“all the seas”), city of seven hills (“hilly city”), etc.).

tám (参, 𫤯, 糁, 糝)

1. eight

Perhaps related to Etymology 1. Compare bà tám (“very talkative woman”), Chinese 八 (bát, “eight; to gossip”).

tám

1. (Southern Vietnam) to chat
2. (Southern Vietnam) to gossip

• tán