ยม
yom
Meanings
1NounB1
Yom River (northern Thailand)
The Yom River, a river in northern Thailand and one of the upper tributaries of the Chao Phraya River system.
Examples
ปีหน้าbpee nâaปีหน้าbpee nâanext yearฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)อยากyàakอยากyàak1[to] want; desire2to crave; to long forไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ล่องแพlông paeล่องแพlông pae[to] go raftingที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotแม่น้ำยมmâe-náam yomแม่น้ำยมmâe-náam yomYom River (Thailand)ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ภาคเหนือpâak nĕuuaภาคเหนือpâak nĕuua1the North; northern region (of Thailand)2northern (style, food, etc.)
Next year I want to raft on the Yom River in the North.
2NounB2
Yama; god of death
Yama, the deity of death and judge of the dead in Indic and Thai-Buddhist tradition.
Examples
คนเฒ่าคนแก่kon tâo kon gàeคนเฒ่าคนแก่kon tâo kon gàethe elderly; eldersเล่าlâoเล่าlâo1[to] tell; narrate; recount2particle (emphasis/insistence)ว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)สิ้นลมsîn lomสิ้นลมsîn lom[to] pass away; [to] dieวิญญาณwin-yaanวิญญาณwin-yaan1soul; spirit (life force)2ghost; spirit of the deceased3consciousness; awareness (formal)ต้องdtôngต้องdtông1must; have to2should; likely to; bound to3correct; rightไปพบbpai pópไปพบbpai póp[to] go meet [sb]; [to] go see [sb]ยมyomยมyom1Yom River (northern Thailand)2Yama; god of deathเพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofรับฟังráp fangรับฟังráp fang1[to] listen (attentively); hear out2[to] take into accountคำตัดสินkam dtàt-sĭnคำตัดสินkam dtàt-sĭn1legal judgment/verdict/ruling2official ruling/decision
The elders say that when one passes away, the soul must meet Yama to hear the judgment.