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Tibetan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-(t/d)am (“to talk; to speak”). Cognate with Chinese 談 (OC *l'aːm, “to talk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
གཏམ • (gtam)
- speech, talk, conversation
- news, information
- གཏམ་བཟང ― gtam bzang ― good news
Derived terms
Verb
གཏམ • (gtam) (nominal form གཏམ་པ)
- (transitive) to say, to tell
Conjugation
Conjugation of གཏམ
Tense/Mood
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Form
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Wylie
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Present
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གཏམ |
gtam
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Future
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གཏམ བཏམ |
gtam btam
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Past
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གཏམས བཏམས |
gtams btams
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Imperative
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གཏམས གཏོམས |
gtams gtoms
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
གཏམ • (gtam) (nominal form གཏམ་པ)
- (transitive) to entrust to, to give over for the care of
Conjugation
Conjugation of གཏམ
Tense/Mood
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Form
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Wylie
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Present
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གཏམ |
gtam
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Future
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གཏམ |
gtam
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Past
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གཏམས |
gtams
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Imperative
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ཏམས གཏམས ཐོམས གཏོམས |
tams gtams thoms gtoms
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Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
གཏམ • (gtam) (nominal form གཏམ་པ)
- Alternative form of གཏམས (gtams, “to fill up”)