rậm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ram"

Vietnamese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The palatalization implies that this word came from *-dəmʔ. The onset shift from Middle to Modern Vietnamese is irregular but maybe compare Vietnamese râm < Middle Vietnamese dâm? Was this shift in both cases occurs when Middle Vietnamese ‹dĕ›, ‹d› and ‹r› had merged as [z] in Northern Vietnamese (i.e. it's actually purely orthographical)?”

From Middle Vietnamese dĕậm, dậm.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zəm˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐəm˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹəm˨˩˨]

Adjective

rậm • (霮, 𦾢)

dense

Derived terms

rậm rạp