liềm

See also: liêm, Liêm, liếm, and liệm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Perhaps a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 鐮 (“sickle”; SV: liêm).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [liəm˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [liəm˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [lim˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cái) liềm (鎌, 鐮)

a sickle

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