giùm

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (misspelling) dùm

Etymology

Shorto (2006): From earlier *rùm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rum ~ *ruum (“to help, to lend”); cognate with Mon ရီု (“to help, assist”), Burmese ရိုင်းပင်း (ruing:pang:, “to help”).

Alternatively (Ferlus, 2009): From Proto-Vietic *p-tʃuːm, a prefixed form of Proto-Vietic *tʃuːm (“to gather”), via the changes of /p-tʃuːm/ > /p-ʝuːm/ > /ʝuːm/. The forms of gium (“to help”), giúm (“to help each other”) and giụm (“to put together”) are attested in older dictionaries. Related to xum (“to meet; to get together”, now obsolete), xúm (“to gather; to collect”), chùm (“bunch; cluster”) and chụm (“to assemble; to gather”). Outside Vietic, related to Khmer ប្រជុំ (prɑcum, “to gather; to meet together”) → Thai ประชุม (bprà-chum, “to gather; to meet”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zum˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jum˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jʊm˨˩]

Adverb

giùm • (用, 𡑓)

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) in someone else's stead

   Synonyms: hộ, thay, nhờ

   Mua giùm tao điếu thuốc.

   Get me a cigarette while you're at it.