yếm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "yem"
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Vietic *ʔiɛmʔ (“breastplate”), a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 裺 (“bib worn by infants”, SV: yểm), likely related to yểm (掩, “to cover; to hide”).
Cognate with Muong yểm. Compare the possible loanwords: Thai เอี๊ยม (íiam), Khmer អៀម (ʼiəm).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- a yem, a Vietnamese bodice based on the Chinese dudou.
- (by extension) a garment that looks similar and that is worn in a similar fashion, such as a bib or a dudou
- (by extension, of a crab, turtle or tortoise) the bottom side of a shell, such as a plastron
- (by extension, of a bovine) a dewlap
Descendants
editSee also
editCategories:
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Chinese
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese nouns classified by cái
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- vi:Underwear
- vi:Body parts
- vi:Crabs
- vi:Turtles
- vi:Cattle