mớm

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *mim(ʔ) ~ *miəm() ~ *məm() ~ *məəmʔ (“to suck”); cognate with Bahnar mŏm/mơ̆m (“to suck”) and Khmer ម៉ិម (məm, “to suck”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mớm

to feed with premasticated food

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