ข้าม

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Thai

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *χaːmꟲ (to cross). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨡ᩶ᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຂ້າມ (khām), Shan ၶၢမ်ႈ (khāam), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ), Zhuang hamj or gamj.

Pronunciation

Orthographicข้าม
kʰ ˆ ā m
Phonemic
ค่าม
g ˋ ā m
RomanizationPaiboonkâam
Royal Institutekham
(standard) IPA(key)/kʰaːm˥˩/(R)

Verb

ข้าม (kâam) (abstract noun การข้าม)

  1. to cross.
    ตรงข้าม
    dtrong kâam
    across from; opposite
  2. to skip.