"ງາມ" meaning in Lao

See ງາມ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ŋaːm˧˥] (note: Vientiane), [ŋaːm˩˨] (note: Luang Prabang) Forms: ngām [romanization], ຄວາມງາມ [abstract-noun]
Rhymes: -aːm Etymology: From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːmᴬ⁴ (“beautiful, nice”) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Thai งาม (ngaam), Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ, Khün ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ, Isan งาม, Lü ᦇᦱᧄ (ngaam), Shan ငၢမ်း (ngáam), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥛᥰ (ngäam), Phake ငံ (ṅaṃ), Ahom 𑜂𑜪 (ṅaṃ). Etymology templates: {{inh|lo|tai-swe-pro|*ŋaːmᴬ⁴||beautiful, nice}} Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːmᴬ⁴ (“beautiful, nice”), {{cog|th|งาม}} Thai งาม (ngaam), {{cog|nod|ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ}} Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ, {{cog|kkh|ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ}} Khün ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ, {{cog|tts|งาม}} Isan งาม, {{cog|khb|ᦇᦱᧄ}} Lü ᦇᦱᧄ (ngaam), {{cog|shn|ငၢမ်း}} Shan ငၢမ်း (ngáam), {{cog|tdd|ᥒᥣᥛᥰ}} Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥛᥰ (ngäam), {{cog|phk|ငံ}} Phake ငံ (ṅaṃ), {{cog|aho|𑜂𑜪}} Ahom 𑜂𑜪 (ṅaṃ) Head templates: {{lo-adj}} ງາມ • (ngām) (abstract noun ຄວາມງາມ)
  1. beautiful
    Sense id: en-ງາມ-lo-adj-xqFCfXEZ Categories (other): Lao entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "tai-swe-pro",
        "3": "*ŋaːmᴬ⁴",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beautiful, nice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːmᴬ⁴ (“beautiful, nice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "งาม"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai งาม (ngaam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nod",
        "2": "ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kkh",
        "2": "ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ"
      },
      "expansion": "Khün ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tts",
        "2": "งาม"
      },
      "expansion": "Isan งาม",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "khb",
        "2": "ᦇᦱᧄ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lü ᦇᦱᧄ (ngaam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "shn",
        "2": "ငၢမ်း"
      },
      "expansion": "Shan ငၢမ်း (ngáam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tdd",
        "2": "ᥒᥣᥛᥰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥛᥰ (ngäam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phk",
        "2": "ငံ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phake ငံ (ṅaṃ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aho",
        "2": "𑜂𑜪"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahom 𑜂𑜪 (ṅaṃ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːmᴬ⁴ (“beautiful, nice”) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Thai งาม (ngaam), Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ, Khün ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ, Isan งาม, Lü ᦇᦱᧄ (ngaam), Shan ငၢမ်း (ngáam), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥛᥰ (ngäam), Phake ငံ (ṅaṃ), Ahom 𑜂𑜪 (ṅaṃ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngām",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ຄວາມງາມ",
      "tags": [
        "abstract-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ງາມ • (ngām) (abstract noun ຄວາມງາມ)",
      "name": "lo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ງາມ"
  ],
  "lang": "Lao",
  "lang_code": "lo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lao entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful"
      ],
      "id": "en-ງາມ-lo-adj-xqFCfXEZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋaːm˧˥]",
      "note": "Vientiane"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋaːm˩˨]",
      "note": "Luang Prabang"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ງາມ"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lo",
        "2": "tai-swe-pro",
        "3": "*ŋaːmᴬ⁴",
        "4": "",
        "5": "beautiful, nice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːmᴬ⁴ (“beautiful, nice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "th",
        "2": "งาม"
      },
      "expansion": "Thai งาม (ngaam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nod",
        "2": "ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kkh",
        "2": "ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ"
      },
      "expansion": "Khün ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tts",
        "2": "งาม"
      },
      "expansion": "Isan งาม",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "khb",
        "2": "ᦇᦱᧄ"
      },
      "expansion": "Lü ᦇᦱᧄ (ngaam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "shn",
        "2": "ငၢမ်း"
      },
      "expansion": "Shan ငၢမ်း (ngáam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tdd",
        "2": "ᥒᥣᥛᥰ"
      },
      "expansion": "Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥛᥰ (ngäam)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phk",
        "2": "ငံ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phake ငံ (ṅaṃ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "aho",
        "2": "𑜂𑜪"
      },
      "expansion": "Ahom 𑜂𑜪 (ṅaṃ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Southwestern Tai *ŋaːmᴬ⁴ (“beautiful, nice”) (Jonsson, 1991). Cognate with Thai งาม (ngaam), Northern Thai ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ, Khün ᨦᩣ᩠ᨾ, Isan งาม, Lü ᦇᦱᧄ (ngaam), Shan ငၢမ်း (ngáam), Tai Nüa ᥒᥣᥛᥰ (ngäam), Phake ငံ (ṅaṃ), Ahom 𑜂𑜪 (ṅaṃ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ngām",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ຄວາມງາມ",
      "tags": [
        "abstract-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ງາມ • (ngām) (abstract noun ຄວາມງາມ)",
      "name": "lo-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ງາມ"
  ],
  "lang": "Lao",
  "lang_code": "lo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lao 1-syllable words",
        "Lao adjectives",
        "Lao entries with incorrect language header",
        "Lao lemmas",
        "Lao terms derived from Proto-Southwestern Tai",
        "Lao terms inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai",
        "Lao terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Lao/aːm"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beautiful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋaːm˧˥]",
      "note": "Vientiane"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ŋaːm˩˨]",
      "note": "Luang Prabang"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ງາມ"
}

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