ຄ່ຳ

See also: ຄຳ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɣamᴮ (“night”). Cognate with Thai ค่ำ (kâm), Northern Thai ᨤᩴ᩵ᩣ, Lü ᦆᧄᧈ (xam¹), Shan ၶမ်ႈ (khām), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ), Zhuang haemh, Saek กฺั้ม.

Pronunciation

• (Vientiane) IPA^(key): [kʰam˧]
• (Luang Prabang) IPA^(key): [kʰam˧˨]
• Hyphenation: ຄ່ຳ
• Rhymes: -am

Noun

ຄ່ຳ • (kham)

1. night.

Derived terms

• ຄ່ຳເຄັ່ງ (kham kheng)