tươm

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tɨəm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tɨəm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨəm˧˧]

Etymology 1

Ferlus suggested that Proto-Mon-Khmer *saːm (“to ooze, to bleed”) (whence Proto-Vietic *saːm > tươm) is the verbal base from which the word ‘blood’ in the Austroasiatic languages is derived, except for Vietnamese and for some Vietic languages in which it was replaced by ‘sap' (Viet. máu). From PMK *saːm, Proto-Vietic *ʔa-saːmʔ ~ *p-saːmʔ (“blood”), Proto-Bahnaric *bhaːm (> Bahnar pham), Proto-Katuic *ʔahaam (> Pacoh aham), Proto-Khasic *snaam (>Khasi snam/'nam), Khmer ឈាម (chiəm), Mon ဆီ (c'him) and Car Nicobarese ma-hām were derived, through different affixed forms.[1]

Shorto reconstructed Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟhaam ~ *ɟhiim (“blood”), based on the Khmer and Mon forms.

Verb

tươm • (瀸)

1. (of body liquids) to ooze

Etymology 2

Adjective

tươm • (纖, 籖, 𫌄)

1. torn; rent; unravelled

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tươm tướp

 

Etymology 3

Adjective

tươm • (瀐, 瀸)

1. (colloquial) neat; smart

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tinh tươm
• tươm tất