ค่ำ

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Thai[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tai *ɣamᴮ (night). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨤᩴ᩵ᩣ, Lao ຄ່ຳ (kham), ᦆᧄᧈ (xam¹), Shan ၶမ်ႈ (khām), Tai Dam ꪁꪾ꪿, Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ), Zhuang haemh, Saek กฺั้ม.

Pronunciation[edit]

Orthographic/Phonemicค่ำ
g ˋ å
RomanizationPaiboonkâm
Royal Institutekham
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰam˥˩/(R)

Noun[edit]

ค่ำ (kâm)

  1. (Thai lunar calendar) day.
  2. dusk; nightfall.

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Verb[edit]

ค่ำ (kâm)

  1. to become dark; to enter the period of time after the end of daylight.