ท่วม

Thai

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *C̬.tuəmᴮ (“to flood”). Cognate with Lao ຖ້ວມ (thūam), Lü ᦏᦳᧄᧉ (ṫhum2), Shan ထူမ်ႈ (thuum3), Zhuang dumh, Saek ทุม.

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicท่วม
d ˋ w m
RomanizationPaiboontûuam
Royal Institutethuam
(standard) IPA(key)/tʰua̯m˥˩/

Verb

ท่วม • (tûuam) (abstract noun การท่วม)

  1. to flood; to submerge; to inundate
  2. to be imbued (of sweat)
  3. to pile up; to overwhelm (of work, dept etc.)
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