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”)