sắm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sam"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (Northeastern Vietnam) thắm

Etymology

The original meaning of this word was "to prepare", as seen in sắm sửa, and was also glossed as præparare in the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sam˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂam˦˧˥] ~ [sam˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂam˦˥] ~ [sam˦˥]

Verb

sắm • (攕)

1. (somewhat literary) to buy (something special)

See also

Derived terms

• mua sắm
• sắm sửa