တံ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tam • ALA-LC: taṃ • BGN/PCGN: tan • Okell: tañ

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be given etymology by STEDT (sut-taṁ "fishing rod"), and Luce's comparison with Old Chinese 執 (OC *tjib, “to grasp”) is phonetically outdated.[1] On the other hand, 杖 (OC *daŋʔ, “cane, rod”) is a fairly solid match, especially if it is indeed an areal word (and thus not subject to regular sound laws).”

Noun

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တံ • (tam)

  1. rod-like thing; anything rod-like
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tañ "elephant born with only one tusk"). Luce's comparisons with Old Chinese 答 (OC *tkuːb, “to answer, repay”), 撘 (OC *tuːb, “to strike”) are outdated.[2] Almost seems like it'd be related to Old Chinese 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans, “single; list”). Is the "total" sense really related to the "one-tusk elephant" sense?”

Noun

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တံ • (tam)

  1. (archaic) accumulation; total
  2. elephant with a single short tusk
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Etymology 3

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Closest thing, Old Chinese 澄 (OC *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, “clear, limpid”), isn't too similar or dissimilar.”

Noun

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တံ • (tam)

  1. limpidity
  2. liquid; water
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AM Finals (15. Handle; Rod; Slice)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 41
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AM Finals (16. Total)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 41

Further reading

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

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Adverb

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တံ

  1. Burmese script form of taṃ (“there”)
  2. Burmese script form of taṃ (“therefore”)

Adjective

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တံ

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of taṃ, which is inflection of တ:
    1. masculine/feminine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative singular (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

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တံ (m)

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of taṃ, which is accusative singular of တ (ta, “him, it”)

Pronoun

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တံ (f)

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of taṃ, which is feminine accusative singular of တာ (tā, “her, it”)

Pronoun

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တံ (n)

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of taṃ, which is nominative/accusative singular of တ (ta, “it”)

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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တံ

  1. Burmese script form of taṃ, which is accusative singular of တွံ (tvaṃ, “you”)

S'gaw Karen

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Adjective

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တံ • (tee)

  1. thick
  2. dense
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