Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1v.
transplantlexitron
2v.
divelexitron
3adj.
blacklexitron
4v.
submerge; remain under waterlexitron
5adj.
dark; duskylexitron
6adj.
blackwiktionary
7v.
to dive (in the water)wiktionary
8v.
to plant; to transplant (rice in the padding field)wiktionary
Built from
From Proto-Tai *C̥.damᴬ (“black; dark”). Cognate with Lao ດຳ (dam), Northern Thai ᨯᩣᩴ, Khün ᨯᩣᩴ, Lü ᦡᧄ (ḋam), Shan လမ် (lǎm), Ahom 𑜃𑜪 (naṃ) or 𑜓𑜪 (daṃ), Zhuang ndaem. Compare Proto-Be *zamᴬ¹, Proto-Hlai *ɗəmʔ (“black”). From Proto-Tai *ɗamᴬ (“to dive”). Cognate with Shan လမ် (lǎm), Zhuang ndaem. From Proto-Tai *t.namᴬ (“to transplant”). Cognate with Zhuang ndaem. Compare Khmer ដាំ (dam, “to plant”), Proto-Austronesian *taɬem (“to transplant”).