กำ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		กำ k å
Romanization	Paiboon	gam
	Royal Institute	kam
(standard) IPA(key)		/kam˧/(R)
Homophones edit		กรรม

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kamᴬ (“to hold in the closed hand”). Cognate with Lao ກຳ (kam), Shan ၵမ် (kǎm), Ahom 𑜀𑜪 (kaṃ), Zhuang gaem, Saek กั๋ม.

Verb

กำ • (gam) (abstract noun การกำ)

1. to fist; to grasp

Noun

กำ • (gam)

1. fist

Etymology 2

Noun

กำ • (gam)

1. (historical) karma

Synonyms

• กรรม (gam)