râm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ram"

Romagnol

Pronunciation

(Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈɾɤɤ̃m]

(Ville Unite):

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.

Noun

râm m (plural rém)

copper

Etymology 2

From Latin rāmu(m) (“branch”), accusative of Latin rāmus (“branch”).

Noun

râm m (plural rém)

branch, bough

References

Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 490

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-jəm (“black”). The unusual onset change is most likely due to the taboo of mentioning dâm. See also the compound dâm bụt (“hibiscus”).

Genetically unrelated to Thai ร่ม (rôm) and Chinese 陰 (MC 'im) (SV: âm) (although could be contaminated). The original meaning of the word was "black", as recorded in minor Vietic languages and Old Vietnamese itself, not "shady".

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐəm˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹəm˧˧]

Adjective

râm • (𩂇, 𩂐)

shady (abounding in shade)

Derived terms