yếm

See also: yem, YEM, and yểm

Vietnamese

Etymology

From 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 (ʾiəm).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔiəm˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔiəm˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔiəm˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái) yếm

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
yếm dãi ― a bib; a "drool/saliva yem"

Descendants

→ English: yem

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