See ຄຳ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Thai คลำ (klam), Northern Thai ᨣᩤᩴ, Lü ᦅᧄ (kam), Shan ၵမ်း (kám).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kham",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ການຄຳ",
"tags": [
"abstract-noun"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ຄຳ • (kham) (abstract noun ການຄຳ)",
"name": "lo-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ຄຳ"
],
"lang": "Lao",
"lang_code": "lo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to caress, fondle, stroke"
],
"links": [
[
"caress",
"caress"
],
[
"fondle",
"fondle"
],
[
"stroke",
"stroke"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to touch, feel (by hand)"
],
"links": [
[
"touch",
"touch"
],
[
"feel",
"feel"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kʰam˧˥]",
"note": "Vientiane"
},
{
"ipa": "[kʰam˩˨]",
"note": "Luang Prabang"
},
{
"rhymes": "-am"
}
],
"word": "ຄຳ"
}
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