đâm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dam"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *təm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁iim ~ *t₁iəm ~ *t₁əm ~ *t₁a(i)m ~ *t₁(u)m. Cognate with Pacoh tứm (“to hit”), Khmer ដំ (dɑm, “to beat”), Parauk tiiem: (“to hit, to hammer”).

Verb

đâm • (𠜭, 𠛌, 𨄁, 𨮊)

1. to stab; to thrust
2. to crash into; to collide (against)

See also

Derived terms

• đâm chém

 

Etymology 2

Verb

đâm

1. to sprout; to shoot
2. (colloquial) to turn into (usually something bad or worse); to become

See also

Derived terms

• đâm chồi nảy lộc