caem

See also: Caem, Caém, and Caëm

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ẽj̃/ [ˈka.ẽɪ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ɐ̃j̃/

Verb

caem

third-person plural present indicative of cair

Welsh

Alternative forms

caen (colloquial)
caffem (imperfect subjunctive)
celen (colloquial, South Wales)

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /kaːɨ̯m/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /kai̯m/

Verb

caem

(literary) first-person plural imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional of cael

Mutation

Mutated forms of *caem*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caem	gaem	nghaem	chaem

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *cɤmᴬ (“to sink”). Cognate with Thai จม (jom), Northern Thai ᨧᩫ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຈົມ (chom), Lü ᦈᦳᧄ (ṫsum), Shan ၸူမ် (tsǔum), Ahom 𑜋𑜤𑜉𑜫 (chum).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕam˨˦/
Tone numbers: caem¹
Hyphenation: caem

Verb

caem (Sawndip forms 冗 or 𥑀 or 针, 1957–1982 spelling cəm)

to sink