cúng cơm
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editcúng (“to offer (sacrifices)”) + cơm (“cooked rice”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˦ kəːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥ kəːm˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˦˥ kəːm˧˧]
Verb
edit- to offer food for the recently deceased in the first fifty days after their death
- (Southern Vietnam) to make ceremonial offerings on the death anniversary