တံ

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tam • ALA-LC: taṃ • BGN/PCGN: tan • Okell: tañ

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be given etymology by STEDT (sut-taṁ "fishing rod"), and Luce's comparison with Old Chinese 執 (OC *tjib, “to grasp”) is phonetically outdated.[1] On the other hand, 杖 (OC *daŋʔ, “cane, rod”) is a fairly solid match, especially if it is indeed an areal word (and thus not subject to regular sound laws).”

Noun

တံ • (tam)

  1. rod-like thing; anything rod-like
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (tañ "elephant born with only one tusk"). Luce's comparisons with Old Chinese 答 (OC *tkuːb, “to answer, repay”), 撘 (OC *tuːb, “to strike”) are outdated.[2] Almost seems like it'd be related to Old Chinese 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans, “single; list”). Is the "total" sense really related to the "one-tusk elephant" sense?”

Noun

တံ • (tam)

  1. (archaic) accumulation; total
  2. elephant with a single short tusk
Derived terms

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Closest thing, Old Chinese 澄 (OC *dɯːŋs, *dɯŋ, *rdɯŋ, “clear, limpid”), isn't too similar or dissimilar.”

Noun

တံ • (tam)

  1. limpidity
  2. liquid; water
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AM Finals (15. Handle; Rod; Slice)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 41
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AM Finals (16. Total)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 41

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

Adverb

တံ

  1. Burmese script form of taṃ (“there”)
  2. Burmese script form of taṃ (“therefore”)

Adjective

တံ

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of taṃ, which is inflection of တ:
    1. masculine/feminine accusative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative singular (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

တံ (m)

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of taṃ, which is accusative singular of တ (ta, “him, it”)

Pronoun

တံ (f)

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of taṃ, which is feminine accusative singular of တာ (tā, “her, it”)

Pronoun

တံ (n)

  1. (demonstrative) Burmese script form of taṃ, which is nominative/accusative singular of တ (ta, “it”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

တံ

  1. Burmese script form of taṃ, which is accusative singular of တွံ (tvaṃ, “you”)

S'gaw Karen

Adjective

တံ • (tee)

  1. thick
  2. dense
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