ấm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

Tày

Pronunciation

Adjective

ấm

  1. humid

References

  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *s-ʔəmʔ (lukewarm), from Proto-Austroasiatic *cʔɨmʔ (warm). Cognate with Khmer ស្អំ (sʼɑm, warm), Kuy səʔam, Khmu [Cuang] hʔɨm. Possibly related to hâm.

Adjective

ấm • (, 𤋾)

  1. warm
    Antonyms: mát, lạnh
  2. (slang) short for ấm đầu (cray-cray)
    Synonym: mát
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Noun

(classifier cái) ấm • (𡓅, 𨯛, 𩐛, 𮢣, ⿰⿸尸开音)

  1. pot; kettle
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tai Dam: ꪹꪯꪷ꪿ꪣ
  • Tày: ẩm