ชิม

See also: ชุม

Nyah Kur

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam ~ *ɟhiim (blood). Cognate with Mon ဆီ (chiṃ), Khmer ឈាម (chiəm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cʰim/

Noun

ชิม (chim)

  1. blood.

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɟimᴬ (to taste).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຊີມ (sīm), Shan ၸိမ်း (tsím), Zhuang cimz, Zuojiang Zhuang chimz.

Compare Proto-Hlai *tçʰim (to taste).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicชิม
d͡ʑ i m
RomanizationPaiboonchim
Royal Institutechim
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰim˧/(R)

Verb

ชิม • (chim) (abstract noun การชิม)

  1. to taste; to sample (food)

Derived terms

  • ชิมลาง

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009), The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 353

Further reading

  • ชิม” in Thai Dictionary Project (TDP) (UC Berkeley 1964) (plus additional data from the Royal Institute of Thailand (RI) and NECTEC's LEXITRON project (LEX)). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.