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Siam

proper noun

  1. Former name of Thailand (country in Southern Asia)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /sjɑm˦˨/ / /saɪˈæm/

intj

Etymology: From Hokkien 閃 /闪 (siám, “to dodge”).

  1. Out of the way!; get lost!

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Sciam (“Thailand”), from Thai สยาม (sà-yǎam, “Siam, historical name”) (see there for more hypotheses), the same root as Shan and probably Assam.

  1. Former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia.

    “From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe:[…]”

noun

  1. Acronym of service integration and management.

verb

Etymology: From Hokkien 閃 /闪 (siám, “to dodge”).

  1. To move aside; to get out of the way.

    “Jenny: […] Then on the way back, Sunny crashed the car into the side of the road. Irene: I thought he race car driver? Jenny: (shrugs) He said he saw a dog. Irene: A dog? Jenny: […] Maybe it's an invisible dog. Or very good at hiding. So he siam [avoid] lor.”

    “One of the uncles who had restrained the man then approached James, who said: "Never mind, you siam lah. Not your daiji ['business' in Hokkien]."”

  2. To leave hastily, to run off.
  3. To dodge or evade (an unwanted situation or responsibility).