សើម

See also: ស្មើ, ស្មៅ, ស្មា, សម, សៀម, សឹម, and សូម

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *səm()(-s) ~ *səəmʔ (“damp”). Cognate with Vietnamese tẩm (“to soak”). Compare also Old Chinese 浸 (OC *ʔsims, *sʰim, “to soak, to immerse in water”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic	សើម soem
WT romanisation	saəm
(standard) IPA^(key)	/saəm/

Adjective

សើម • (saəm) (abstract noun ភាពសើម)

to be moist, damp, humid

Affixed forms

បន្សើម (bɑnsaəm)
ផ្សើម (phsaəm)
សន្សើម (sɑnsaəm)
សំណើម (sɑmnaəm)
អន្សើម (ʼɑnsaəm)

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