กำ

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		กำ k å
Romanization	Paiboon	gam
	Royal Institute	kam
(standard) IPA(key)		/kam˧/(R)
Homophones edit		กรรม

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kamᴬ (“to hold in the closed hand”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩣᩴ, Khün ᨠᩣᩴ, Lao ກຳ (kam), Lü ᦂᧄ (k̇am), Shan ၵမ် (kǎm), Tai Nüa ᥐᥛ (kam), Phake ကံ (kaṃ), Ahom 𑜀𑜪 (kaṃ), Zhuang gaem, Nong Zhuang gaem, Saek กั๋ม, Tày căm.

Verb

กำ • (gam) (abstract noun การกำ)

1. to fist; to grasp

Noun

กำ • (gam)

1. fist

Etymology 2

Noun

กำ • (gam)

1. (archaic, now colloquial) karma

Synonyms

• กรรม (gam)