cơm

See also: com, COM, cớm, .com, com', com-, Com., and Appendix:Variations of "com"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kəːm (“cooked rice”); cognate with Arem /kʌːm/. According to Ferlus, a loan from Chinese 泔 (OC *kaːm, “water from washing rice; kitchen slops”) (SV: cam).

Semantically, compare Thai ข้าว (kâao, “rice; meal”), Khmer បាយ (baay, “rice; meal”), Chinese 飯／饭 (fàn, “rice; meal”), Japanese ご飯 (gohan, “rice; meal”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cơm • (粓, 𩚵)

1. cooked non-glutinous rice
2. a rice meal

   ăn cơm

   to eat rice; to have a rice meal, optionally with meat, fish, soup, among other foods

3. (of fruit, especially coconuts) meat; flesh

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cơm chiên (“fried rice”)
• cơm hộp
• cơm niêu (“rice cooked in an earthenware pot”)
• cơm tấm
• nồi cơm điện (“rice cooker”)
• trống cơm

 

See also

• gạo
• lúa
• nếp
• xôi

Adjective

cơm

1. (of fruit) tasteless (not sour, or only slightly sweet)

Verb

cơm

1. (slang) to walk away with; to steal