trộm

See also: trom and trợm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 𪸄, phonetic 濫 (MC lamH) (modern SV: lãm). Cognate with Arem luːmˀ, Muong lỗm, Kri lɔːmʔ.

Attested as tlộm in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Outside of Vietic, compare maybe Baha lam⁴⁵.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕom˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈom˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈom˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier tên, kẻ) trộm • (滥, 𥂉, 𥋕, 𥌈, 𪸄, 𬐾)

  1. thief
    Synonym: ăn trộm
    Có trộm!
    Thief!

Verb

trộm • (滥, 𥂉, 𥋕, 𥌈, 𪸄, 𬐾)

  1. to steal, to burgle
    kẻ trộm ― thief
  2. (literary) to do something secretly
    Synonym: lén
    trộm nghĩ ― to secretly think

See also

See also

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