yếm

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "yem"

Vietnamese

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Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔiɛmʔ (“breastplate”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 裺 (“bib worn by infants”, SV: yểm), likely related to yểm (掩, “to cover; to hide”).

Cognate with Muong yểm. Compare the possible loanwords: Thai เอี๊ยม (íiam), Khmer អៀម (ʼiəm).

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cái) yếm • (裺, 𧞣)

  1. a yem, a Vietnamese bodice based on the Chinese dudou.
  2. (by extension) a garment that looks similar and that is worn in a similar fashion, such as a bib or a dudou
    yếm dãi ― a bib (literally, “a drool/saliva yem”)
  3. (by extension, of a crab, turtle or tortoise) the bottom side of a shell, such as a plastron
  4. (by extension, of a bovine) dewlap

Descendants

  • → English: yem
  • → Tai Dam: ꪮꪸ꪿ꪣ

See also

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