tắm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [tam˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [tam˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *tamᴮ (“low; short (not tall)”).^[1]

Cognate with Thai ต่ำ (dtàm), Lao ຕ່ຳ (tam), Shan တႅမ်ႇ (tèm), Tai Dam ꪔꪾ꪿, Ahom 𑜄𑜪 (taṃ) or 𑜄𑜉𑜫 (tam), Bouyei dams, Zhuang daemq.

Adjective

tắm (𱍧)

low, short.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *tamᴮ (“to weave (cloth)”).^[2]

Cognate with Lao ຕໍ່າ (tam, “to weave”), Zhuang daemj (“to weave”).

Verb

tắm (𱹳, 尋)

to weave.

References

^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 343
^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 347

Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[3][4] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Muong Bi thẳm, Khasi sum, Muak Sa-aak sum³. The Austroasiatic root for which these words descended from contains a varieties of forms that are difficult to interpret and connect, see the entry of Pacoh houm for more.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tam˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tam˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tam˦˥]

Verb

tắm • (沁, 浸, 滲, 𪶚, 𬈞)

to wash a live body, usually your own; to bathe, to shower, etc.
vòi tắm ― a shower hose or showerhead

tắm (cho) chó/con ― to give your dog/child a bath or a shower
(by extension) to bathe in something, watery or not
tắm nắng ― to sunbathe

tắm bùn ― to have a mud bath

tắm biển ― to swim in the sea

Derived terms

[1] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 343

[2] Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 347

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