chim (comparative more chim, superlative most chim)
From Proto-Vietic *-ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”).
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chim n (plural chimuri)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) chim | chimul | (niște) chimuri | chimurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) chim | chimului | (unor) chimuri | chimurilor |
vocative | chimule | chimurilor |
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From Proto-Vietic *-ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”); cognates include Mon ဂစေံ (həcem, “bird”), Mang θɤm⁶ and Bahnar sem (“bird”). Munda cognates include Santali ᱥᱤᱢ (sim, “chicken”).
(classifier con) chim • (𫚳, 𪀄)
From etymology 1. For some parallels, compare English cock, Chinese 鳥/鸟 (điểu, “bird”) and 屌 (điểu, “penis”), Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, “pigeon”). See also cu, cò.
(classifier con) chim
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