trộm

See also: trom and trợm

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese tlộm, from Proto-Vietic *t.luːmʔ, cognate with Arem luːmˀ, Muong lỗm, Kri lɔːmʔ.

Outside of Vietic, compare maybe Baha lam⁴⁵.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕom˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈom˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈom˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier tên, kẻ) trộm • (滥, 𥂉, 𥋕, 𥌈, 𪸄, 𬐾)

1. thief

   Synonym: ăn trộm

   Có trộm!

   Thief!

Verb

trộm • (滥, 𥂉, 𥋕, 𥌈, 𪸄, 𬐾)

1. to steal, to burgle

   kẻ trộm ― thief

2. (literary) to do something secretly

   Synonym: lén

   trộm nghĩ ― to secretly think

See also

Derived terms

• ăn trộm
• đầu trộm đuôi cướp
• trộm cắp
• trộm cướp
• trộm nghĩ
• trộm vía

 

See also

• cắp
• cướp
• chôm