trộm

See also: trom and trợm

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Vietnamese tlộm, from Proto-Vietic *t.luːmʔ, cognate with Arem luːmˀ, Muong lỗm, Kri lɔːmʔ.

Outside of Vietic, compare maybe Baha lam⁴⁵.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕom˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈom˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈom˨˩˨]

Noun edit

(classifier tên, kẻ) trộm • (滥, 𥂉, 𥋕, 𥌈, 𪸄, 𬐾)

thief
Synonym: ăn trộm

Có trộm!
Thief!

Verb edit

trộm • (滥, 𥂉, 𥋕, 𥌈, 𪸄, 𬐾)

to steal, to burgle
kẻ trộm ― thief
(literary) to do something secretly
Synonym: lén

trộm nghĩ ― to secretly think

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