ក្ដាម

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam (“crab”). Cognate with Temiar gantam, Bahnar kơtam, Pacoh atam, Khasi tham, Vietnamese đam, Mon ဂတာံ (hətam), Car Nicobarese ka-tām, Malay ketam, Brunei Malay katam, and Tagalog katang.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ក្ដាម
k̥ṭām
WT romanisation kdaam
(standard) IPA(key) /kɗaːm/

Noun

ក្ដាម • (kdaam)

  1. (zoology) crab
    សេះ  ―  kdaam seh  ―  horseshoe crab
    តង្កៀប  ―  tɑngkiəp kdaam  ―  crab claw
  2. (pathology) cramp
    កាច់  ―  kdaam kac  ―  leg cramp
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