Khmer Dictionary: យាម

1. យាម ( v ) [yiem]
   to guard, stand guard; to patrol.
   
2. យាម ( n ) [yiem]
   guard, watchman
   
3. យាម ( n ) [yiem]
   shift, watch (period of three or four hours; formerly a night was divided into three `watches' from 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. bfmyam, 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. មជ្ឈិមយាម, and 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. បស្ចឹមយាម)
   
4. យាម ( n ) [yiem]
   pouch under the beaks of certain birds,(e.g. the ត្រដក់ )
   
5. យាម ( n ) [yiem]
   handle of a plow [plate 3]
   
   Reference: យាមនង្គ័ល
6. យាម ( n ) [yiem]
   cloth (shoulder) bag
   
7. យាម ( n ) [yiem]
   auspices, omens, signs of the future; prediction
   
1. គងវាយយាម [kɔɔŋ viey~vay yiem] : sentinel gong (used to mark the watches of the night)
   
2. ចាំយាម [cam yiem] : to be on guard duty, keep watch
   
3. ចាំយាម [cam yiem] : to be on duty
   
4. ចាប់យាម [cap yiem] : to predict, foretell
   
5. ចាប់យាម [cap yiem] : to foretell the future
   
6. ដើរយាម [daə yiem] : to patrol
   
7. ថង់យាម [tʰɑŋ yiem] : Buddhist monk's cloth shoulder bag
   
8. ទូងយាម [tuuŋ yiem] : to beat a drum to announce the change of the watch
   
9. ធ្នះយាម [tneah yiem] : watchtower; control tower
   
10. បច្ឆិមយាម [paccʰəm yiem] : last watch of the night (from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.)
    
11. បឋមយាម [paʔtʰaʔmaʔ~paʔtʰam yiem] : early in the evening, first of the three divisions / watches of the night (between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.)
    
12. ផ្កាយយាម [pkaay yiem] : Orion (constellation)
    
13. មជ្ឈិមយាម [maccʰɨm yiem] : the middle of the three periods into which the night was formerly divided
    
14. យាមកាម [yiem kaam] : to guard, patrol
    
15. យាមកាលិក [yiem kaalik] : which may be used only during a 24-hour period; kbeverage which a monk may use only for a 24-hour period
    
16. យាមក្រឡា [yiem krɑlaa] : magical cloth square divided into 25 equal squares and used for divining
    
17. យាមឃោស [yiem kʰoosaʔ] : animal whose cries mark the time of day (e.g. a rooster)
    
18. យាមឃោស [yiem kʰoosaʔ] : any mechanical time-keeping device
    
19. យាមនាលី [yiem nie lii] : time-keeping device
    
20. យាមយោគ [yiem yook] : prediction (by a fortuneteller) about a trip
    
21. យាមយោគយាត្រា [yiem yook yietraa] : trip made based on a fortuneteller's prediction
    
22. យាមល្បាត [yiem lbaat] : to guard, patrol, keep watch
    
23. យំយាម [yum yiem] : to mourn at a scheduled time (for royalty and high-ranking officials; usually four times a day, at midnight, dawn, noon, and sunset)
    
24. ស្គរយាម [skɔɔ yiem] : kind of large double-headed wooden drum (it is similar in shape to the សំភោរ, but larger)
    
25. អ្នកយាម [neak yiem] : sentinel, sentry, guardian