bâm

Tày

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Vietic *ɓəm (“tray”).

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ɓəm˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ɓəm˦]

Noun

bâm

1. Alternative form of bôm (classifier bẳng)

   bâm mạy chinh ― wooden tray

   bâm choòng ― dining tray

   kin khẩu luôm bâm đeo ― to eat at the same tray

References

• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[1] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient