vâm

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Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Unknown. Might this be non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 熊 (“bear”, SV: hùng), whose meaning then shifted to "elephant"? Compare Eastern Han Chinese *wəm as reconstructed by Schuessler (2007, p. 452).
If true, then possibly doublet of hùm (“tiger”), if that were also from Old Chinese 熊 (OC *C.ʷ(r)əm, “bear”), whose meaning also shifted.”

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) vâm • (𠢝, 󰁨, 勨)

  1. (obsolete, honorific) elephant
    • 1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục :
      Con hùm kiêng gọi là ông ba mươi, con rắn kiêng gọi là ông lốt, con voi kiêng gọi là ông vâm.
      As a form of avoidance, the tiger is called Sir Thirtieth , the snake is called Sir Slough, the elephant is called Sir Oliphant.
    • 1940 June 16, Nguyễn Công Hoan, “Xuất giá tòng phu ”, in Phổ Thông Bán Nguyệt San , number 61:
      Nhưng khỏe như con vâm, đưa khuỷu ra, ngài gạt vợ ngã lăn, và nắm chặt lấy hai cổ tay.
      Yet being strong as an oliphant, he stuck out his elbow, shoved his wife down rolling, and held both of her wrists tightly.
    • 2012 December 5, “Súy Vân Giả Dại ” (17:32 from the start), in Kim Nham‎, performed by Thúy Ngần:
      Kìa con vâm kia nó ấp thì trứng í ba ba. Cưỡi con gà mà đi đánh giặc.
      There that oliphant is brooding the soft-shelled turtle's eggs. Ride a chicken to fight enemies.

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