ำ
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Etymology 1
Letter
ำ
Usage notes
When it is solely used with a consonant, it produces /am/ without any final consonant.
This glyph is recommended to use instead of typing ◌ํ and then า.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Khmer -am- on the basis of pairs such as ขลัง (klǎng, “potent”) and กำลัง (gam-lang, “vigour”) from the ancestors of modern Khmer ខ្លាំង (khlang) and កម្លាំង (kɑmlang).
Infix
ำ
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Usage notes
The infix is only applied to words with an initial consonant cluster. If the first consonant is one of ต ถ ป ผ, it will normally be voiced to one of ด ด บ บ respectively.
Derived terms
Words using this infix are listed in their own category.
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