lùm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lum"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 林 (“grove”, SV: lâm), likely from a post-Old Chinese dialectal form.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lum˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lum˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lʊm˨˩]

Noun

lùm • (䕺, 林, 菻, 𦼚)

1. bush, clump (of trees)
2. grove