chim
See also: Appendix:Variations of "chim"
English
Muong
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *-ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cim¹/, [t͡ɕiːm¹ ~ ciːm¹]
Romanian
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕim˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕim˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [cim˧˧]
- Homophone: Chim
Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City) (file)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *-ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”); cognates include Mon ဂစေံ (həcem, “bird”), Mang θɤm⁶ and Bahnar sem (“bird”). Munda cognates include Santali ᱥᱤᱢ (sim, “chicken”).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From etymology 1. For some parallels, compare English cock, Chinese 鳥/鸟 (điểu, “bird”) and 屌 (điểu, “penis”), Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, “pigeon”). See also cu, cò.
Alternative forms
- trym (euphemistic orthographic variant)
See also
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