ដើម

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដើម ṭoem WT romanisation daəm (standard) IPA(key) /ɗaəm/

Noun

ដើម • (daəm)

1. trunk (of a tree or of the body), stock (of a rifle)
2. stalk
3. tree, plant
4. source, origin
5. base, foundation, beginning

   ទំព័រដើម

   tumpoa daəm

   main page

6. cause
7. originator
8. substance, matter, topic
9. case, facts
10. role, condition
11. initial investment, capital, principal

Derived terms

• ដើមដូង (daəm doung)

Classifier

ដើម • (daəm)

1. A classifier for long, thin, stick-like objects such as trees, poles, pencils, and guns

Verb

ដើម • (daəm) (abstract noun ការដើម)

1. to be original, first

Derived terms

• ជាដើម (ciə daəm)
• ដើមកំណើតពាក្យ (daəm kɑmnaət piək, “etymology”)
• ដើមទ្រូង (daəm truung)
• ផ្ដើម (pdaəm)