tiam

See also: tiām, tiám, tiàm, and ți-am

Esperanto

Etymology

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) +‎ -am (correlative suffix of time). Originally tian in the earliest Esperanto texts; see -an for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiam/

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• Rhymes: -iam
• Hyphenation: ti‧am

Adverb

tiam

1. then, at that time (demonstrative correlative of time)

Usage notes

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, tiam ĉi means now.

Derived terms

• tiama
• tiamaĵo (“things of that time”)
• tiamulo (“a contemporary”)

See also

Esperanto correlatives

		interrogative	demonstrative	indefinite	universal	negative
		ki-	ti-	i-	ĉi-	neni-
kind of, sort of	-a	kia	tia	ia	ĉia	nenia
reason	-al	kial	tial	ial	ĉial	nenial
time	-am	kiam	tiam	iam	ĉiam	neniam
place	-e	kie	tie	ie	ĉie	nenie
motion	-en	kien	tien	ien	ĉien	nenien
manner	-el	kiel	tiel	iel	ĉiel	neniel
possessive	-es	kies	ties	ies	ĉies	nenies
demonstrative pronoun	-o	kio	tio	io	ĉio	nenio
amount	-om	kiom	tiom	iom	ĉiom	neniom
demonstrative determiner	-u	kiu	tiu	iu	ĉiu	neniu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 點／点 (tiám).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiam]
• Hyphenation: ti‧am

Noun

tiam (plural tiam-tiam)

1. (archaic) hit

   Synonym: pukulan

Further reading

• “tiam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tiam.

Verb

tiam

1. to promise

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “tiam”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiə̯˩̰/

Etymology 1

Noun

tiam

1. a generation (of people, etc.)

   Ib tiam neeg muaj kev kawm zoo zuj zus. ― Each generation has better education (than the previous).

Verb

tiam

1. to worship, to make offerings to

   Nws tiam nws pog yawg. ― He worships his ancestors.

Etymology 2

Conjunction

tiam

1. used in tiam sis (“but, however”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 319-20.