Dictionary entry
น้ำ
water
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never inventedwater; any liquid or fluidwiktionary
body of water, such as a lake, river, sea, or ocean; the water in itcurated
used as a title for a body of water, often prefixed to its namewiktionary
content; essence; main or material partwiktionary
round; occasion; time; period of timewiktionary
semen; discharge of semen upon orgasm; orgasmwiktionary
Less common senses (4)
nonessential, immaterial, nonsensical, verbose, or circumlocutory part of content, opposed to เนื้อwiktionary
glitter; sparkle; sheen; lusterwiktionary
classifier for rounds, times, or occasions, especially in activities involving water, liquids, or fluidswiktionary
classifier for discharges of semen upon orgasmwiktionary
In the readings
real sentences, spoken by real voicesสำหรับทุกอย่างไม่ดีที่ทำกับน้ำตลอดปี
For all the bad things we did to the water over the year.
ตอนเด็กๆ ผมว่ายน้ำในแม่น้ำกับเพื่อนๆ ทุกวัน
As a kid, I swam in the river with my friends every day.
แล้วก็ลอยกระทงลงน้ำ
Then we float the krathong on the water.
ซื้อน้ำเย็น คุยกันต่ออีกครึ่งชั่วโมง
Buy cold drinks, talk for another half hour.
ตอนกลางคืน ได้ยินแต่เสียงจิ้งหรีด เสียงน้ำในแม่น้ำ
At night, you only hear crickets and the river.
Built from
From Proto-Tai *C̬.namꟲ (“water”). Compare Proto-Be *namᴮꟲ², Proto-Hlai *C-nəmʔ. Cognates Cognate with Northern Thai ᨶ᩶ᩣᩴ (nam), Southern Thai หน่าม, Lao ນ້ຳ (nam), Lü ᦓᧄᧉ (nam²), Tai Dam ꪙꪾ꫁ (nam6), Shan ၼမ်ႉ (nâ̰m), Tai Nüa ᥘᥛᥳ (lam5), Khamti ꩫ︀မ︀်ႇ, Aiton ꩫ︀ံ (naṃ), Phake ꩫ︀ံ (naṃ), Ahom 𑜃𑜪 (naṃ), Nùng nãhm, Bouyei ramx, Zhuang raemx, Nong Zhuang naemx, Zuojiang Zhuang naemx, Saek นัม, Tày nặm.
Words built from it
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