ຜົມ

Lao

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *prɤmᴬ (“head hair”). Cognate with Thai ผม (pǒm), Northern Thai ᨹᩫ᩠ᨾ, Lü ᦕᦳᧄ (ṗhum), Shan ၽူမ် (phǔum), Ahom 𑜇𑜤𑜪 (phuṃ), Zhuang byoem, Shangsi Zhuang pʰomᴬ¹, Saek ผรั่ม.

Pronunciation
  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [pʰom˩(˧)]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [pʰom˥˧˧]
  • Hyphenation: ຜົມ
  • Rhymes: -om

Noun

ຜົມ • (phom)

  1. head hair

Derived terms
  • ປົງຜົມ (pong phom)
  • ແຖຜົມ (thǣ phom)
  • ຊ້ອງຜົມ (sǭng phom, “wig”)
  • ຊ່າງຕັດຜົມ (sāng tat phom, “hairdresser”)
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