som tam

See also: somtam

English

som tam

Alternative forms

• som tum
• somtam
• somtum

Etymology

From Thai ส้มตำ (sôm-dtam).

Noun

som tam (uncountable)

1. green papaya salad, a Thai dish of sliced sour fruits and vegetables, as green papayas, tomatoes, etc., and other ingredients, as lime, palm sugar, chilis, garlic, dried shrimps, fried peanuts, etc., which are pounded together in a mortar.

Translations

green papaya salad

• Burmese: သင်္ဘောသီးထောင်း (sangbhau:si:htaung:)
• Isan: ตำส้ม
• Khmer: បុកល្ហុង (bok lhong)
• Korean: 솜땀 (somttam)
• Lao: ຕຳຫມາກຫຸ່ງ (tam māk hung), ຕຳສົ້ມ (tam som)
• Thai: ส้มตำ (th) (sôm-dtam)

Anagrams

• sommat