ôm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "om"
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *ʔoːm (“armful”). Compare Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] om-fūm (“hug, embrace”) and Bodo Gadaba om ("to brood, to set (on eggs)").
Noun edit
Verb edit
- to embrace; to hug
- to harbour (grudges, hatred, dreams)
- ôm hận ― to harbor a grudge/hatred
- ôm mộng ― to harbor a dream/ambition
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from German Ohm, but possibly via French ohm, as many other words of German origin (độ Rích-te (“Richter”), Phri-đrích Ăng-gen (“Friedrich Engels”), An-be Anh-xtanh (“Albert Einstein”), etc.) are also pronounced as if they were French.
Noun edit
ôm