đam

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-taːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kt₁aam (“crab”); cognate with Temiar gantam, Bahnar kơtam, Pacoh atam, Khasi tham, Khmer ក្ដាម (kdaam), Mon ဂတာံ (hətam), Car Nicobarese ka-tām, as well as Malay ketam.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːm˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con) đam

(Nghệ An dialect, Hà Tĩnh dialect, Quảng Bình dialect, Quảng Trị dialect) field crab; freshwater crab

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