tằm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 蠶 (“silkworm”, SV: tàm).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tam˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tam˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tam˨˩]
Noun
(classifier con) tằm • (蚕, 蟳, 蠶)
- silkworm
- 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “言志 Ngôn chí 8”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):
- 蟳庵六辱船頭𣺽
蠔質樞離㯲檜廊- Tằm ươm lúc nhúc thuyền đầu bãi.
Hàu chất so le khóm cuối làng. - The thread-pulling silkworms wriggle on the boats next to the wharf;
The oysters are stacked unevenly into heaps at the village's farthest corner.
- Tằm ươm lúc nhúc thuyền đầu bãi.
- Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), folio 34a
- 蟳㷈絲蝒拱㷈絲
- Tằm ươm tơ, nhện cũng ươm tơ.
- The silkworms produce silk; the spiders also produce silk.
- 1947 (dated), Nguyễn Bính, “Con Tằm (The Silkworm)”, included in 1962 Đêm sao sáng (Starlit Night)
- Tôi, con tằm, ăn những lá dâu xanh, [...].
- I, the silkworm, eat the green mulberry leaves, [...].
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