tắm
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"
Tày
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [tam˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [tam˦]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Tai *tamᴮ (“low; short (not tall)”).[1]
Cognate with Thai ต่ำ (dtàm), Lao ຕ່ຳ (tam), Shan တႅမ်ႇ (tèm), Tai Dam ꪔꪾ꪿, Ahom 𑜄𑜪 (taṃ) or 𑜄𑜉𑜫 (tam), Bouyei dams, Zhuang daemq.
Adjective
[edit]tắm (𱍧)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Tai *tamᴮ (“to weave (cloth)”).[2]
Cognate with Lao ຕໍ່າ (tam, “to weave”), Zhuang daemj (“to weave”).
Verb
[edit]- to weave.
References
[edit]- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Muong Bi thẳm, Khasi sum, Muak Sa-aak sum³. The Austroasiatic root for which these words descended from contains a varieties of forms that are difficult to interpret and connect, see the entry of Pacoh houm for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to wash a live body, usually your own; to bathe, to shower, etc.
- vòi tắm ― a shower hose or showerhead
- tắm (cho) chó/con ― to give your dog/child a bath or a shower
- (by extension) to bathe in something, watery or not
- tắm nắng ― to sunbathe
- tắm bùn ― to have a mud bath
- tắm biển ― to swim in the sea