ช้ำ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɟamꟲ (bruised).[1]

Cognate with Lao ຊ້ຳ (sam).

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicช้ำ
d͡ʑ ˆ å
RomanizationPaiboonchám
Royal Institutecham
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕʰam˦˥/(R)

Adjective

ช้ำ • (chám) (abstract noun ความช้ำ)

  1. bruised.

References

  1. ^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 347