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Lashi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjam (“cold, snow, ice”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
cám
- cold
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Classifier
cám
- classifier for long and small objects, like a sword
References
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese cão.
Pronunciation
Noun
cám
- dog
- Synonym: cachôro
- ferâ cám ― to swindle (literally, “to deceive dog”)
- rópa qui sai di bóca di cám ― wrinkled dress (literally, “a dress that has come from a dog's mouth”)
Derived terms
References
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *t-kaːmʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *skaamʔ (Shorto). Cognate with Pacoh acam, Bolyu qam⁵³, Mon ကာံ (kam), Riang kʰɑm¹.
Noun
cám • (感, 𥽇, 𥼲)
- bran
- pig slop; pigswill; hogwash
Cám lợn chẳng có gì phức tạp. Lợn là loài ăn tạp, cái gì cũng ăn.- There's nothing complicated about pigswill. They're omnivores, they eat anything.
Cho cổ đồ thừa để cổ nấu cám heo.- Give her the leftovers so she can cook some pigswill.
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Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 感 (SV: cảm).
Verb
cám • (感)
- (only in compounds) to be moved with compassion; to feel pity
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