do thám

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 遊 and 探.

This is probably the only instance of the reading do for 遊 / 游 (yóu) that is still in common use (the main reading is du). In the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), although do thám is not directly attested, compounds with clearly the same do were spelled with 由, however, this spelling is certainly not etymological.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˦˥]

Verb

do thám

  1. to snoop around; to scout
    Synonym: thám thính
    máy bay do thám ― a spy plane
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