ထံ

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ə-thaṁ "presence ( of a person )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

• IPA^(key): /tʰàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htam • ALA-LC: thaṃ • BGN/PCGN: htan • Okell: htañ

ထံ • (htam)

1. to

• “ထံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

From Proto-Tai *cramꟲ (“cave”). Cognate with Thai ถ้ำ (tâm), Lao ຖ້ຳ (tham), Northern Thai ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, Khün ᨳ᩶ᩣᩴ, Lü ᦏᧄᧉ (ṫham²), Shan ထမ်ႈ (thām), Tai Nüa ᥗᥛᥲ (thàm), Tai Dam ꪖꪾ꫁, Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), Zhuang gamj.

• IPA^(key): /tʰam³/

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

1. cave.

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːm²/

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

1. to assist (with authority).

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːm²/

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

1. next; following.

From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (“to ask”). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), Lü ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Tai Nüa ᥗᥣᥛᥴ (tháam), Khamti ထၢမ်, Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Zhuang cam, Saek ถ่าม, Zuojiang Zhuang tam.

• IPA^(key): /tʰaːm⁶/

ထ︀ံ (thaṃ)

1. to ask; to enquire.

From Proto-Karen *thejᴬ (“water”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *thi⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-turʔ (“water, fluid, wet, to soak”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen ထီ, Eastern Pwo ထီ့ (thî), Western Pwo ထံၫ, Western Kayah ꤓꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (htyē).

ထံ • (hṭee)

1. water