lăm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lam"
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- nhăm (northern Vietnam)
Etymology
Alteration of năm.
Pronunciation
Numeral
lăm (𠄻)
- (only in compounds) five
- mười lăm
- fifteen
- hai (mươi) lăm
- twenty-five
- mười lăm
Usage notes
- This form is only used in compounds to indicate numbers over ten that end with five, except for 05-ending numbers (such as 105, 2005). This is probably to avoid confusion with năm with the sense "year". For example:
- The variant nhăm is used in Northern Vietnam in numbers greater than 20.
- See also nói ngọng.