"vâm" meaning in Vietnamese

See vâm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [vəm˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [vəm˧˧] [Huế], [vəm˧˧] (note: Saigon), [jəm˧˧] (note: Saigon) Forms: con [classifier], 𠢝 [CJK], [CJK]
Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|熊}}, {{der|vi|zh|熊//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">hùng</i>|t=bear|tr=-}} Chinese 熊 (“bear”, SV: hùng), {{vi-etym-sino|熊|bear|hùng|hv=n|nocap=y}} non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 熊 (“bear”, SV: hùng), {{IPAfont|*wəm}} *wəm, {{doublet|vi|hùm (“tiger”)|nocap=y}} doublet of hùm (“tiger”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{IPAfont|*C.􂀿ɢ􂁀ʷ(r)əm}} *C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm, {{och-l|熊|bear|tr=*C.􂀿ɢ􂁀ʷ(r)əm}} 熊 (OC *C.[ɢ]ʷ(r)əm, “bear”) Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=𠢝, 󰁨, 勨}} vâm • (𠢝, 󰁨, 勨), {{vi-noun|𠢝, 󰁨, 勨|cls=con}} (classifier con) vâm • (𠢝, 󰁨, 勨)
  1. (obsolete, honorific) elephant Wikipedia link: Eastern Han Chinese Tags: honorific, obsolete Categories (lifeform): Elephants Derived forms: khoẻ như vâm
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          "ref": "1915, Phan Kế Bính, Việt Nam phong tục [Vietnamese customs]:",
          "text": "Con hùm kiêng gọi là ông ba mươi, con rắn kiêng gọi là ông lốt, con voi kiêng gọi là ông vâm.",
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          "ref": "1940 June 16, Nguyễn Công Hoan, “Xuất giá tòng phu [Follow One's Husband When Married]”, in Phổ Thông Bán Nguyệt San [Common Half-monthly Magazine], number 61:",
          "text": "Nhưng khỏe như con vâm, đưa khuỷu ra, ngài gạt vợ ngã lăn, và nắm chặt lấy hai cổ tay.",
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          "ref": "2012 December 5, “Súy Vân Giả Dại [Súy Vân Feigns Madness]” (17:32 from the start), in Kim Nham, performed by Thúy Ngần:",
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          "text": "Con hùm kiêng gọi là ông ba mươi, con rắn kiêng gọi là ông lốt, con voi kiêng gọi là ông vâm.",
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