tôm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tom"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *soːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sum ~ *suum (“shrimp, prawn”); cognate with Muong thôm, Kri [ʃo̰m] and Pacoh axoum (“shrimp”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) tôm • (𩵽, 沁, 󱀌)

1. shrimp, prawn

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tôm hùm
• tôm tép
• tôm tít

 

See also

• tép