hăm
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ham"
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ham˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ham˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ham˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội) (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
Clipping of hai mươi (“twenty”).
Numeral[edit]
hăm
- (colloquial, only in 2X-type numerals, with X being other than 0) twenty
- hăm mốt ― twenty-one
Usage notes[edit]
- "Twenty" itself is still hai mươi, not *hăm.
Related terms[edit]
- băm (“thirty”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
- (rarely used in isolation) to intimidate; to threaten
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Etymology 3[edit]
Adjective[edit]
hăm
- (of the skin of a baby, especially in the skin folds) pruriginous; pruritic; having intertrigo