khươm

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • khơm

Etymology

Possibly from Sino-Tibetan, but the coda is hard to explain.

Pronunciation

Numeral

khươm

  1. (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

(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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