đâm

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *təm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iim ~ *t₁iəm ~ *t₁əm ~ *t₁a(i)m ~ *t₁(u)m; cognate with Pacoh tứm (“to hit”), Khmer ដំ (dɑm, “to beat”) and Khasi tem (“to beat (drums)”). See also đấm.

Compare Proto-Tai *tamᴬ (whence Thai ตำ (dtam)).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəm˧˧]

Verb

đâm • (𠜭, 𨄁, 𨮊)

1. to stab; to thrust
2. to crash into; to collide (against)
3. to sprout; to shoot
4. (colloquial) to turn into (usually something bad or worse); to become