khươm
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- khơm
Etymology
Possibly from Sino-Tibetan, but the coda is hard to explain.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xɨəm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɨəm˧˧] ~ [xɨəm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰɨəm˧˧] ~ [xɨəm˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Numeral
khươm
- (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) nine
- 1962, Kim Lân, Vợ nhặt:
- Mấy chiếc quần áo rách như tổ đỉa vẫn vắt khươm mươi niên ở một góc nhà đã thấy đem ra sân hong.
- The clothes, all rags and tatters and hanging for nine or ten years in a corner, have been brought out into the yard to dry.
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