do thám

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 遊 and 探.

    This is probably the only instance of the reading do for 遊 / 游 (yóu) that is still in common use (the main reading is du). In the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), although do thám is not directly attested, compounds with clearly the same do were spelled with 由, however, this spelling is certainly not etymological.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [jɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˦˥]

    Verb

    do thám

    1. to snoop around; to scout
      Synonym: thám thính
      máy bay do thám ― a spy plane
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