ထံ

Burmese

Pronunciation

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

Postposition

ထံ • (htam)

1. to

Phake

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰam³/

Noun

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

1. cave.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːm²/

Verb

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

1. to assist (with authority).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːm²/

Adjective

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

1. next; following.

Etymology 4

From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (“to ask”). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), Lü 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

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːm⁶/

Verb

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

1. to ask; to enquire.

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

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, Western Pwo ထံၫ, Western Kayah ꤓꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (htyē).

Noun

ထံ • (hṭee)

1. water