do thám
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 遊 and 探.
This is probably the only instance of the reading do for 遊/游 (yóu) that is still in common use (the main reading is du). In the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), although do thám is not directly attested, compounds with clearly the same do were spelled with 由, however, this spelling is certainly not etymological.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˦˥]
Verb[edit]
- to snoop around; to scout
- Synonym: thám thính
- máy bay do thám ― a spy plane