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ต้ม

dtômverbtonefalling tonefalling
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Meanings

every sense kept, sourced — never invented
1n.

a kind of Thai sweetmeatlexitron

2v.

boillexitron

3v.

to boil(transitive)wiktionary

4v.

to trick; to deceive; to sham (usually used in passive voice)(colloquial, intransitive)wiktionary

In the readings

real sentences, spoken by real voices

กินกับผักต้ม ปลาทูทอด ไข่เจียว

Eaten with boiled vegetables, fried mackerel, omelette.

Ploy · เชียงใหม่from น้ำพริก →

ทำขนมหวานง่ายๆ เช่น ข้าวเหนียวมูน ขนมต้ม

In some homes, grandmothers tell the grandchildren stories of the Buddha.

Ploy · เชียงใหม่from วันพระ →

Built from

From Proto-Tai *tomꟲ (“to boil (transitive)”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ຕົ້ມ (tom), Northern Thai ᨲᩫ᩠᩶ᨾ, Shan တူမ်ႈ (tūum), Phake တ︀ုံ (tuṃ), Ahom 𑜄𑜤𑜉𑜫 (tum). In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang dumq. In Central Tai, cognate with Zuojiang Zhuang doemj. Compare Proto-Austroasiatic *t₁um ~ *t₁uəm ~ *t₁am ~ *t₁aam ~ *t₁əəm (“to boil; to distil”) (whence Khmer ដាំ (dam, “to boil”)).