căm

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Tày

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *kamᴬ (to hold in the closed hand). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨠᩣᩴ, Khün ᨠᩣᩴ, Lao ກຳ (kam), ᦂᧄ (k̇am), Shan ၵမ် (kǎm), Phake ကံ (kaṃ), Ahom 𑜀𑜪 (kaṃ), Nong Zhuang gaem, Zhuang gaem, Saek กั๋ม, Thai กำ (gam).

Classifier

căm

  1. Indicates a handful, a fistful or a bundle of something
    Synonym: fài
    căm phjắca handful of vegetables
    căm khẩu nua râya bundle of paddy rice

Verb

căm (, )

  1. to hold; to grip
    mừ căm mừholding hands
    Căm au.
    Take it.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

căm

  1. to abstain from
    căm nựa mato abstain from dog meat
    vằn cămabstinence day
  2. to be in mourning for
    căm tang me̱to mourn one's mother
Derived terms

References

  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Dương Nhật Thanh, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

căm ()

  1. (chiefly in compounds) to resent, to bear hatred
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *kam (arrow), from Proto-Austroasiatic *kam (arrow). Compare Khmer កាំ (kam).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is it actually inherited tho? I can't find anything Nôm related and this happens to be a Southern word, so the possibility of it being a loan from Khmer cannot be ruled out entirely.”

Noun

căm

  1. (Southern Vietnam, vehicles) spoke (of a wheel)
    Synonym: nan hoa