hổm

Tai Do

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hom³³/

Noun

hổm

shadow

Vietnamese

Etymology

Contraction of hôm (“day”) + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hom˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hom˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [hom˨˩˦]

Noun

hổm

(Southern Vietnam, colloquial) that day

Derived terms