cằm

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"

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)

  1. 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
  2. language
    Synonym: tiểng
    cằm đin tây ― European language (literally, “language of the west land”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

cằm (欽)

  1. dead at birth
    Synonym: ăm

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

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)

  1. chin (bottom of a face)

Derived terms

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