Nê-hê-mi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Néhémie. As with other French words with a mute h, the h is "unmuted", making this also a partial orthographic borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ne˧˧ he˧˧ mi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nej˧˧ hej˧˧ mɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [nej˧˧ hej˧˧ mɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: nê hê mi

Proper noun

Nê-hê-mi

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Nơ-khe-mi-a (“Nehemiah”)