liếm

See also: liêm, Liêm, liềm, and liệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-lɛːmʔ (“to lick”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *(c)liəmʔ ~ *(c)limʔ (“to lick”); cognate with Khasi jylliem and Bolyu /ljim³¹/. Compare also Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ljam (“tongue; flame”) (whence Chinese 舔 (tiǎn)).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [liəm˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [liəm˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lim˦˥]

Verb

liếm • (舐, 舓, 舔, 舚, 𡄥, 𦧷)

1. to lick (to stroke with a tongue)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• liếm láp