chàm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cham"

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃʰam³¹/

Verb

chàm

  1. skillful(Possessing skill; skilled)
  2. sticky(Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːm˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːm˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [caːm˨˩]
  • Homophone: Chàm

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *ɟaːm.

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 藍 (SV: lam). Doublet of lam.

    The same phonological development can be also seen with chàng and chạp.

    Adjective

    chàm • (藍, 蓝, 𪷞)

    1. indigo (a dark bluish-purplish color)
    Derived terms
    • áo chàm

    Noun

    chàm • (藍, 蓝, 𪷞)

    1. indigo (color)
      đỏ, cam, vàng, lục, lam, chàm, tím ― red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
    2. (cây~) tree of the genus Indigofera, commonly used to make indigo dye
    3. (by extension, figurative, literary) crimes
      tay nhúng chàm ― having one's hands dirty by committing crimes
    See also
    Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
         trắng      xám      đen
                 đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
                 vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
                 xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
                 tím; chàm              tía              hồng

    Etymology 2

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably the same as the etymology above.”)

    Noun

    chàm

    1. (pathology) dermatitis; eczema
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