cơm
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *kəːm (“cooked rice”); cognate with Arem /kʌːm/. According to Ferlus, a loan from Chinese 泔 (OC *kaːm, “water from washing rice; kitchen slops”) (SV: cam).[1]
Semantically, compare Chinese 飯 (“rice; meal”), Japanese ご飯 (gohan, “rice; meal”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧]
Noun
Derived terms
Derived terms
- cơm chiên (“fried rice”)
- cơm hộp
- cơm niêu (“rice cooked in an earthenware pot”)
- cơm tấm
- nồi cơm điện (“rice cooker”)
- trống cơm
References
- Ferlus, Michel. “The Austroasiatic Vocabulary for Rice: its Origin and Expansion.” Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 3.2 (2010), 61-76.
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