ย่ำ

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɲamᴮ (“to step on”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿ᩵ᩣᩴ, Khün ᨿ᩵ᩣᩴ, Lao ຍ່ຳ (nyam) or ຢ່ຳ (yam), Lü ᦍᧄᧈ (yam¹) or ᦶᦍᧄᧈ (yaem¹), Zhuang yaemh.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		ย่ำ y ˋ å
Romanization	Paiboon	yâm
	Royal Institute	yam
(standard) IPA^(key)		/jam˥˩/^(R)

Verb

ย่ำ • (yâm) (abstract noun การย่ำ)

to tread; to step; to tramp.
(archaic, of a percussion instrument used as a timekeeper) to beat or hit, especially repeatedly.

Noun

ย่ำ • (yâm)

(archaic) time period of which the start is signaled by the repeated beating of a certain percussion instrument.

Derived terms

ย่ำค่ำ
ย่ำต๊อก
ย่ำยี (yâm-yii)
ย่ำแย่
ย่ำรุ่ง (yâm-rûng)
ย่ำเหยียบ
เหยียบย่ำ

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