tẩm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tam"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *səm()(-s) ~ *səəmʔ (damp); cognate with Khmer សើម (saəm, wet). Compare also Old Chinese (OC *ʔsims, *sʰim, “to soak, to immerse in water”).

Pronunciation

Verb

tẩm • (, )

  1. to soak