cám
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"
Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese cão.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaŋ/
Noun
cám
- dog
- Synonym: cachôro
- ferâ cám ― to swindle (literally, “to deceive dog”)
- rópa qui sai di bóca di cám ― wrinkled 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 • (感, 𥽇, 𥼲)
- bran
- 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 感 (SV: cảm).
Verb
cám • (感)
- (only in compounds) to be moved with compassion; to feel pity