ထံ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʰàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htam • ALA-LC: thaṃ • BGN/PCGN: htan • Okell: htañ

Postposition

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ထံ (htam)

  1. to

Phake

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Tai *cramꟲ (cave). Cognate with Thai ถ้ำ (tâm), Lao ຖ້ຳ (tham), Northern Thai ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, Khün ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, ᦏᧄᧉ (ṫham²), Shan ထမ်ႈ (thām), Tai Nüa ᥗᥛᥲ (thàm), Tai Dam ꪖꪾ꫁, Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), Zhuang gamj.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

  1. cave.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

  1. to assist (with authority).

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

  1. next; following.

Etymology 4

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From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (to ask). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Tai Nüa ᥗᥣᥛᥴ (tháam), Khamti ထၢမ်, Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Zhuang cam, Saek ถ่าม, Zuojiang Zhuang tam.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

  1. to ask; to enquire.

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *thejᴬ (water) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *thi⁴ (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (water, fluid, wet, to soak). Cognate with Pa'o Karen ထီ, Eastern Pwo ထီ့ (thî), Western Pwo ထံၫ, Western Kayah ꤓꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (htyē).

Noun

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ထံ (hṭee)

  1. water