khươm
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Sino-Tibetan, but the coda is hard to explain.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xɨəm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɨəm˧˧] ~ [xɨəm˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰɨəm˧˧] ~ [xɨəm˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Numeral
[edit]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.
See also
[edit](numerals in pig traders' cant) số đếm trong tiếng lóng lái lợn; chách (“one”), lái/nái (“two”), thâm (“three”), chớ (“four”), kẹo (“five”), mục (“six”), khắp/hấp (“seven”), bét (“eight”), khươm/khơm (“nine”), nạp/lạp (“ten”), (Category: vi:Numerals in pig traders' cant)
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