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Vietnamese
Etymology
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Particularly: “The xôi element might be 菜 (MC tshojH), as also seen in Cantonese 菠菜 (bo1 coi3) > (cải) bó xôi (“spinach”). The first element is weird though, since mâm is a totally normal word shape in Vietnamese, but /mVm/ syllables aren't really a thing across Sinitic languages.”
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Pronunciation
Noun
(classifier cây, quả, trái) mâm xôi
- berries of the genus Rubus, especially the raspberry