cám

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese cão.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaŋ/

Noun

cám

  1. dog
    Synonym: cachôro
    ferâ cámto swindle (literally, “to deceive dog”)
    rópa qui sai di bóca di cámwrinkled dress (literally, “a dress that has come from a dog's mouth”)

Derived terms

  • cam-cám (arched, bow-legged)

References

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-kaːmʔ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *skaːmʔ (bran, husk). Cognate with Pacoh acam, Bolyu qam⁵³, Mon ကာံ (kam), Riang kʰɑm¹.

Noun

cám • (, 𥽇, 𥼲)

  1. bran
  2. pig slop; pigswill; hogwash
    Cám lợn chẳng có gì phức tạp. Lợn là loài ăn tạp, cái gì cũng ăn.
    There's nothing complicated about pigswill. They're omnivores, they eat anything.
    Cho cổ đồ thừa để cổ nấu cám heo.
    Give her the leftovers so she can cook some pigswill.
See also
  • ăn cám
  • cám sú
  • thượng vàng hạ cám

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: cảm).

Verb

cám • ()

  1. (only in compounds) to be moved with compassion; to feel pity
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