tằm

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (silkworm, SV: tàm).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier con) tằm (, , )

  1. silkworm
    • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “言志 Ngôn chí 8”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
      庵六辱船頭𣺽
      蠔質樞離㯲檜廊
      Tằm ươm lúc nhúc thuyền đầu bãi.
      Hàu chất so le khóm cuối làng.
      The thread-pulling silkworms wriggle on the boats next to the wharf;
      The oysters are stacked unevenly into heaps at the village's farthest corner.
    • Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 34a
      絲蝒拱㷈絲
      Tằm ươm tơ, nhện cũng ươm tơ.
      The silkworms produce silk; the spiders also produce silk.
    • 1947 (dated), Nguyễn Bính, “Con Tằm (The Silkworm)”, included in 1962 Đêm sao sáng (Starlit Night)
      Tôi, con tằm, ăn những lá dâu xanh, [...].
      I, the silkworm, eat the green mulberry leaves, [...].

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