ដើម

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ដើម ṭoem WT romanisation daəm (standard) IPA(key) /ɗaəm/

Noun

ដើម • (daəm)

1. trunk (of a tree or of the body), stock (of a rifle)
2. stalk
3. tree, plant
4. source, origin, base, foundation, beginning

   ទំព័រដើម  ―  tumpɔə daəm  ―  main page

5. cause, originator
6. substance, matter, topic
7. case, facts
8. role, condition
9. initial investment, capital, principal

Adjective

ដើម • (daəm) (abstract noun ភាពដើម)

1. to be original, first

Classifier

ដើម • (daəm)

1. a classifier for long, thin, stick-like objects such as trees, poles, pencils, and guns

Affixed forms

• ផ្ដើម (phdaəm)

Derived terms

• ជាដើម (ciə daəm)
• ដើមកំណើតពាក្យ (daəm kɑmnaət piək, “etymology”)
• ដើមឈើ (daəm chəə)
• ដើមដូង (daəm doung)
• ដើមទ្រូង (daəm truung)