Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/jaːmʔ

Etymology

 * Proto-Austroasiatic: *jaːmʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA021)
 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: *jaam (Shorto, 2006, #205)

Verb

 * 1) to weep, to cry

Compare 🇨🇬 jaːm ("to cry, to weep").

Descendants

 * Aslian: *ɟaam ~ *ʔiɟaam (Phillips, 2012)
 * Jahaic:
 * Cheq Wong: njəm
 * Jahai: ɟim
 * Kensiu: jim
 * Senoic:
 * Semelaic:
 * Semelai: ʔjam
 * (Sidwell, 2011)
 * (Sidwell, 2005)
 * Bru: ɲi̤am
 * Kriang: ɲaːm
 * Pacoh:
 * Khasic: *jaam (Sidwell, 2012)
 * Pnar: jam
 * Khmeric:
 * (Sidwell, 2013)
 * Khmu: jaːm
 * Mangic:
 * Bolyu: jaːm³¹
 * Mang: ɲaːm¹
 * Monic: *jaam (Diffloth, 1984)
 * (Sidwell, 2015)
 * Palaung:
 * Shwe:
 * Sam-Loong:
 * Plang:
 * La Gang: jàm
 * Man Noi: jà̤m
 * Riang: jɑm²
 * Pearic:
 * Chong:
 * Chantaburi: ja̤ːm
 * Pear: ɲiem
 * (Ferlus, 2007)
 * Vietnamese: dám
 * Pearic:
 * Chong:
 * Chantaburi: ja̤ːm
 * Pear: ɲiem
 * (Ferlus, 2007)
 * Vietnamese: dám