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Thai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *ʔɤmᴬ (to hold in the mouth). Cognate with Northern Thai ᩋᩫ᩠ᨾ, Khün ᩋᩫ᩠ᨾ, Lao ອົມ (ʼom), ᦷᦁᧄ (ʼom), Shan ဢူမ် (ʼǔum), Ahom 𑜒𑜤𑜉𑜫 (ʼum), Zhuang oem, Nong Zhuang umq.

Pronunciation

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Orthographic/Phonemicอม
ɒ m
RomanizationPaiboonom
Royal Instituteom
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔom˧/(R)

Verb

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อม (om) (abstract noun การอม)

  1. to hold in the mouth (for various purposes, such as for letting the thing held dissolve in the mouth or for sucking that thing).
  2. (slang) to hold inside; to keep within; to avoid showing or expressing.
  3. (slang, of a feeling, emotion, condition, etc, especially an unfavourable one) to experience; to undergo; to be consumed (by).
  4. (slang) to appropriate; to embezzle.
  5. to mix; to contain a mixture (of).

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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