གཏམས
Sikkimese
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full, flat, straight”).
Verb
གཏམས (gtams)
- To fill up.
Etymology 2
Compare Tibetan གཏམ (gtam). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
གཏམས (gtams)
- To entrust.
References
- Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary][1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 67
Tibetan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-(t/d)jam (“full, flat, straight”). Related to ཐམ་པ (tham pa), ལྟམས (ltams). Compare also Chinese 斟 (OC *kljum, “to pour”) and 淫 (OC *lɯm, “excessive”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*ktams/
- Lhasa: /tam˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*ktams/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: damf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /tam˥˥/
Verb
གཏམས • (gtams) (nominal form གཏམས་པ)
Conjugation
| present | གཏམས (gtams) གཏམ (gtam) |
|---|---|
| future | གཏམས (gtams) གཏམ (gtam) |
| past | གཏམས (gtams) |
| imperative | གཏམས (gtams) གཏོམས (gtoms) |
Etymology 2
Verb
གཏམས • (gtams) (nominal form གཏམས་པ)
Etymology 3
Verb
གཏམས • (gtams) (nominal form གཏམས་པ)