แม่น้ำ

Thai

Etymology

From แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ, river) +‎ น้ำ (náam, water). Cognate with Lao ແມ່ນ້ຳ (mǣ nam), Shan မႄႈၼမ်ႉ (māae nâ̰m), ᦶᦙᧈᦓᧄᧉ (mae¹nam²).

Pronunciation

Orthographicแม่น้ำ
æ m ˋ n ˆ å
Phonemic
แม่-น้าม
æ m ˋ – n ˆ ā m
RomanizationPaiboonmɛ̂ɛ-náam
Royal Institutemae-nam
(standard) IPA(key)/mɛː˥˩.naːm˦˥/(R)

Noun

แม่น้ำ • (mɛ̂ɛ-náam)

  1. river
    ลุ่มแม่น้ำ
    lûm mɛ̂ɛ-náam
    river basin

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chinese:
    Cantonese: 湄南河 (mei4 naam4 ho4)
    Mandarin: 湄南河 (Méinán Hé)

Further reading

  • แม่น้ำ” 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.