càm

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Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

càm

  1. step
    xẩư sloong càm kha ― nearly two footsteps

Verb

càm (𫏄)

  1. to step
    Synonym: dám
    càm pây ― to walk
  2. to go
    Synonym: pây
    càm kha ― to go on foot; to walk
    càm tàng ― to go on roads

Etymology 2

Noun

càm

  1. tip (of a needle)
    Synonyms: mo̱m, lầy, pác, dám
    càm khêm ― needle tip

Etymology 3

Verb

càm

  1. to hold in one's mouth
    Synonyms: ngàm, ôm
    pác càm fầy, hang luây nặm
    mouth holding fire, tail floating along water (riddle for the lamp)
    Ma càm đúc.
    The dog holds a bone in its mouth.

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
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