do thám

Vietnamese

Etymology

This is probably the only instance of the reading do for 遊／游 (yóu) that is still in common use (the main reading is du). In the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), although do thám is not directly attested, compounds with clearly the same do were spelled with 由, however, this spelling is certainly not etymological.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jɔ˧˧ tʰaːm˦˥]

Verb

do thám

to snoop around; to scout
Synonym: thám thính

máy bay do thám ― a spy plane

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