chàm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cham"

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃʰam³¹/

Noun

chàm

  1. (Patsho) skillful(Possessing skill; skilled)

Adjective

chàm

  1. (Patsho) sticky(Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːm˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːm˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [caːm˨˩]
  • Homophone: Chàm

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɟaːm. Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 藍 (SV: lam). Doublet of lam.

The same phonological development can be also seen with chàng and chạp.

Adjective

chàm • (藍, 蓝, 𪷞)

  1. indigo (a dark bluish-purplish color)
Derived terms
  • áo chàm

Noun

chàm • (藍, 蓝, 𪷞)

  1. indigo (color)
    đỏ, cam, vàng, lục, lam, chàm, tím ― red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
  2. (cây~) tree of the genus Indigofera, commonly used to make indigo dye
  3. (by extension, figurative, literary) crimes
    tay nhúng chàm ― having one's hands dirty by committing crimes
See also
Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
     trắng      xám      đen
             đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
             vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
             xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
             tím; chàm              tía              hồng

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably the same as the etymology above.”)

Noun

chàm

  1. (pathology) dermatitis; eczema
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