yếm
Vietnamese
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Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *ʔiɛmʔ (“breastplate”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 裺 (“bib worn by infants”; SV: yểm), likely related to yểm (掩, “to cover; to hide”).
Cognate with Muong yểm. Compare the possible loanwords: Thai เอี๊ยม (íiam), Khmer អៀម (ʾiəm).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔiəm˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔiəm˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔiəm˦˥]
Noun
(classifier cái) yếm
Descendants
- → English: yem
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