đâm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dam"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *təm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iim ~ *t₁iəm ~ *t₁əm ~ *t₁a(i)m ~ *t₁(u)m. Cognate with Pacoh tứm (“to hit”), Khmer ដំ (dɑm, “to beat”), Parauk tiiem: (“to hit, to hammer”).

Verb

đâm • (𠜭, 𠛌, 𨄁, 𨮊)

  1. to stab; to thrust
  2. to crash into; to collide (against)
Synonyms
  • (to crash into): húc
Derived terms
  • đâm chém
  • đâm đầu

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) đơm

Verb

đâm

  1. to sprout; to shoot
  2. (colloquial) to turn into (usually something bad or worse); to become
See also
  • đâm bông kết trái
  • đâm chồi nảy lộc
  • đâm ra
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