tẩm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *səm()(-s) ~ *səəmʔ (“damp”); cognate with Khmer សើម (saəm, “wet”). Compare also Old Chinese 浸 (OC *ʔsims, *sʰim, “to soak, to immerse in water”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

tẩm • (浸, 寖)

1. to soak