ກຳ

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Lao[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [kam˩(˧)]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [kam˩˨]
  • Hyphenation: ກຳ
  • Rhymes: -am

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Tai *kamᴬ (“to hold in the closed hand”). Cognate with Thai กำ (gam), Northern Thai ᨠᩣᩴ, Khün ᨠᩣᩴ, Lü ᦂᧄ (k̇am), Shan ၵမ် (kǎm), Phake ကံ (kaṃ), Ahom 𑜀𑜪 (kaṃ), Nong Zhuang gaem, Zhuang gaem, Saek กั๋ม.

Verb[edit]

ກຳ • (kam) (abstract noun ການກຳ)

  1. to fist; to grasp

Noun[edit]

ກຳ • (kam)

  1. fist

Etymology 2[edit]

From Pali kamma, from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman).

Noun[edit]

ກຳ • (kam)

  1. work, occupation
  2. act, deed
  3. (Buddhism) karma
  4. fate, destiny
  5. death
  6. ceremony, ritual
  7. (grammar) direct object
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