liềm

See also: liêm, Liêm, liếm, and liệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

A non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鐮 (“sickle”, SV: liêm).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cái) liềm • (鎌, 鐮)

1. a sickle