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Tày
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *ɡamᴬ (“bite (n.); speech”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜁𑜪𑜨 (khäam), Northern Thai ᨣᩴᩤ, Lao ຄຳ (kham), Lü ᦅᧄ (kam), Thai คำ (kam).
Noun
cằm (吟)
- word; utterance
- slống cằm ― to announce, to spread the news
- răm cằm ― to have a (typically bad) reputation for
- cằm Bạc Hồ slắng sle ― words taught by Uncle Ho
- language
- Synonym: tiểng
- cằm đin tây ― European language (literally, “language of the West”)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
cằm (欽)
- dead at birth
- Synonym: ăm
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
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *dɡam ~ *dɡaam ~ *dɡəm (“molar tooth; jaw”). Cognate with Khmer ថ្គាម (thkiəm).
Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cái) cằm • (肣, 𦚕, 𦠴, 𦡬)
- a chin (bottom of a face)