hăm
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Perhaps a clipping of hai mươi (“twenty”).
Numeral
hăm
- (colloquial, only in 2X-type of numerals, with X being other than 0) twenty
- hăm mốt
- twenty-one
Usage notes
- "Twenty" itself is still hai mươi, not *hăm.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
hăm
- (dialectal) to intimidate; to threaten
Derived terms
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Adjective
hăm
- (of the skin of a baby, especially in the skin folds) pruriginous; pruritic; having intertrigo