ចាំ

See also: , ចំ, ចេះ, and ចៃ

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *cam ~ *caam (to wait, watch); cognate with Ngeq cam ("to watch; look after; to wait for"). Compare Thai จำ (jam).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ចាំ
cāṃ
WT romanisation cam
(standard) IPA(key) /cam/

Verb

ចាំ (cam) (abstract noun ការចាំ)

  1. to wait (for), await, expect
  2. to watch over, guard, keep, look after
  3. to remember, to think of again, recall with some effort; to have learned by heart, to know well
  4. to memorize, to keep in mind

Conjunction

ចាំ (cam)

  1. just wait until (+ clause), just let (+ clause)

Affixed forms

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