ចាំ

See also: ច, ចំ, ចេះ, and ចៃ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cam ~ *caam (“to wait, watch”); cognate with Ngeq cam ("to watch; look after; to wait for"), Vietnamese chăm (“diligent”). Compare Thai จำ (jam).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ចាំ cāṃ WT romanisation cam (standard) IPA(key) /cam/

Verb

ចាំ • (cam) (abstract noun ការចាំ)

1. to wait (for), await, expect

   ចាំបន្តិច!  ―  cam bɑntəc!  ―  wait a little!

2. to watch over, guard, keep, look after
3. to remember, to think of again, recall with some effort; to have learned by heart, to know well
4. to memorize, to keep in mind

Conjunction

ចាំ • (cam)

1. just wait until (+ clause), just let (+ clause)

Affixed forms

• ចំណាំ (cɑmnam)
• ឆ្មាំ (chmam)
• ឆ្នាំ (chnam)
• បញ្ចាំ (bɑñcam)
• ប្រចាំ (prɑcam)