cám
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"
Lashi edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kjam (“cold, snow, ice”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cám
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Classifier edit
cám
- classifier for long and small objects, like a sword
References edit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Macanese edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese cão.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cám
- dog
- Synonym: cachôro
- ferâ cám ― to swindle (literally, “to deceive dog”)
- rópa qui sai di bóca di cám ― wrinkled dress (literally, “a dress that has come from a dog's mouth”)
Derived terms edit
- cam-cám (“arched, bow-legged”)
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Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *t-kaːmʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *skaamʔ (Shorto). Cognate with Pacoh acam, Bolyu qam⁵³, Mon ကာံ (kam), Riang kʰɑm¹.
Noun edit
- bran
- pig slop; pigswill; hogwash
- Cám lợn chẳng có gì phức tạp. Lợn là loài ăn tạp, cái gì cũng ăn.
- There's nothing complicated about pigswill. They're omnivores, they eat anything.
- Cho cổ đồ thừa để cổ nấu cám heo.
- Give her the leftovers so she can cook some pigswill.
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Etymology 2 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 感 (SV: cảm).
Verb edit
- (only in compounds) to be moved with compassion; to feel pity
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