sắm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Northeastern Vietnam) thắm

Etymology

The original meaning of this word was "to prepare", as seen in sắm sửa, and was also glossed as præparare in the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sam˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂam˦˧˥] ~ [sam˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂam˦˥] ~ [sam˦˥]

Verb

sắm • (攕)

(somewhat literary) to buy (something special)