trộm

See also: trom and trợm

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Arem luːmˀ, Muong lỗm, Kri lɔːmʔ.

Attested as tlộm in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Outside of Vietic, compare maybe Baha lam⁴⁵.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕom˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈom˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈom˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier tên, kẻ) trộm • (滥, 𥂉, 𥋕, 𥌈, 𪸄, 𬐾)

1. thief

   Synonym: ăn trộm

   Có trộm!

   Thief!

Verb

trộm • (滥, 𥂉, 𥋕, 𥌈, 𪸄, 𬐾)

1. to steal, to burgle

   kẻ trộm ― thief

2. (literary) to do something secretly

   Synonym: lén

   trộm nghĩ ― to secretly think

See also

• ăn trộm
• đầu trộm đuôi cướp
• trộm cắp
• trộm cướp
• trộm nghĩ
• trộm vía

See also

• cắp
• cướp
• chôm