cúng cơm
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
cúng (“to offer (sacrifices)”) + cơm (“cooked rice”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˧˦ kəːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥ kəːm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʊwŋ͡m˦˥ kəːm˧˧]
Verb[edit]
- to offer food for the recently deceased in the first fifty days after their death
- (Southern Vietnam) to make ceremonial offerings on the death anniversary