ข้าวก่ำ(kâao gàm)
Meanings
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black sticky rice; purple sticky rice
A type of glutinous rice with a dark purple or black color, commonly consumed in Northern and Northeastern Thailand
Examples
แม่mâeแม่mâe1mother; mom2madam; ma’am (rural/archaic)3prefix: female; main; baseทำtamทำtam1[to] do; make2[to] cook; prepare food3[to] cause; make4[to] work; be employed5[to] act; behaveขนมหวานkà-nŏm wăanขนมหวานkà-nŏm wăandessert; sweetsจากjàakจากjàak1from; away from2[to] leave; depart (literary/formal)3parting; separation (literary)ข้าวก่ำkâao gàmข้าวก่ำkâao gàmblack sticky rice; purple sticky riceให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitพวกเราpûuak raoพวกเราpûuak rao1we; us2our group; our sideกินginกินgin1[to] eat2[to] drink (colloquial/with some nouns)3[to] consume; use up4[to be] corrosive; erode5[to] take (a bribe); pocket
Mom made a dessert from black glutinous rice for us to eat.
Word Breakdown
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ก่ำgâmก่ำgâm1dark; deep purplish-black2very ripe; darkened3Tai Kham language (ethnolinguistic term)Part 2
ข้าวก่ำkâao gàmข้าวก่ำkâao gàmblack sticky rice; purple sticky rice