ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ
Northern Thai
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *ɣamᴮ (“night”). Cognate with Southern Thai ขำ, Isan ค่ำ, Lao ຄ່ຳ (kham), Thai ค่ำ (kâm), Khün ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ (kham²), Lü ᦆᧄᧈ (xam¹), Tai Dam ꪁꪾ꪿ (ꞌcăm), Tai Dón ꪅꪝꪾꫀ, Shan ၶမ်ႈ (khām), Tai Nüa ᥑᥛ (xam), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ), Zhuang haemh, Saek กฺั้ม.
Pronunciation
[edit]| Orthographic | ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ | |
| Phonemic | ค่ำ g ˋ å | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | kâm |
| Royal Institute | kham | |
| (Chiang Mai) IPA(key) | /xam˦˩/ | |
| (Chiang Rai) IPA(key) | /kʰam˧˧˩/ | |
Noun
[edit]ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ • (khâm)
- evening
- 2017, Wycliffe Bible Translators, พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ [New Testament], →ISBN, Acts iv.3, page 377:
- ᩉᩪ᩠ᨾ᩵
ᨡᩮᩢᩣ ᨧᩧ᩠ᨦ ᨿᩢ᩠ᨸ ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶ ᨴᩧ᩠ᨦ ᩈᩬᨦ ᨻᩱ ᨡᩢ᩠ᨦ ᨤᩬᨠ ᩅᩱ᩶ ᨧᩫ᩠ᨶ ᨹ᩠ᩅᩯ ᩅᩢ᩠ᨶᨻᩕᩪᨠ ᨾᩮᩬᩥ᩵ᩋᨩᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ ᨿᩬ᩶ᩁ ᩅ᩵ᩤ ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ ᩓ᩠ᩅ ( ᨠ᩠ᨭᩫᩉ᩠ᨾᩣ᩠ᨿ ᨡᩬᨦ ᨩᩣ᩠ᩅ ᨿᩥ᩠ᩅ ᨷᩴ᩵ᩉᩨ᩶ ᨤᩫ᩠ᨶ ᨡᩧ᩠᩶ᨶ ᩆᩣ᩠ᩃ ᨲᩬᩁ ᨾᩨ᩠ᨯ ᨤ᩵ᩣᩴ ) They therefore arrested both of them to be confined to prison staying until early the next day for it was evening already. (The law of the Jews did not allow people to appear in court during the hours of darkness. )