Na-hum
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French Nahum. As with other French words with a mute h, the h is "unmuted", making this also a partial orthographic borrowing from French.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naː˧˧ hum˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [naː˧˧ hum˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [naː˧˧ hʊm˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: na hum
Proper noun
editNa-hum
- (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Na-khum (“Nahum”)