tiam

See also: tiām, tiám, and tiàm

Esperanto

Etymology

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) +‎ -am (correlative suffix of time).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtiam]
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  • Rhymes: -iam
  • Hyphenation: ti‧am

Adverb

tiam

  1. then, at that time (demonstrative correlative of time)

Usage notes

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, tiam ĉi means now.

Derived terms
  • tiama
  • tiamaĵo (“things of that time”)
  • tiamulo (“a contemporary”)

See also
Esperanto correlatives
Interrogative Demonstrative Indefinite Universal Negative
ki- ti- i- ĉi- neni-
Kind of, sort of -a kia tia ia ĉia nenia
Reason -al kial tial ial ĉial nenial
Time -am kiam tiam iam ĉiam neniam
Place -e kie tie ie ĉie nenie
Motion -en kien tien ien ĉien nenien
Manner -el kiel tiel iel ĉiel neniel
Possessive -es kies ties ies ĉies nenies
Demonstrative pronoun -o kio tio io ĉio nenio
Amount -om kiom tiom iom ĉiom neniom
Demonstrative determiner -u kiu tiu iu ĉiu neniu

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 點／点 (tiám).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtiam]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧am

Noun

tiam (first-person possessive tiamku, second-person possessive tiammu, third-person possessive tiamnya)

  1. (archaic) hit.
    Synonym: pukulan

Further reading

White Hmong

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiə̯˩̰/

Noun

tiam

  1. a generation (of people, etc.)
    Ib tiam neeg muaj kev kawm zoo zuj zus. ― Each generation has better education (than the previous).

Verb

tiam

  1. to worship, to make offerings to
    Nws tiam nws pog yawg. ― He worships his ancestors.

Conjunction

tiam

  1. used in tiam sis (“but, however”)

References
  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 319-20.
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