hôn

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hon˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hoŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hoŋ˧˧]

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From Proto-Vietic *huːɲ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟʔuuɲ ~ *ɟhuuɲ (Shorto). Compare Central and Southern Vietnamese hun, Proto-Katuic *huuɲ ~ *huoɲ (“to smell, to sniff”) (whence Kuy huːɲ ("to smell, to sniff") and Pacoh hunh (“to kiss”)), Kensiu ʔɔɲ ("to smell, to sniff, to kiss").

Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *tŋ-ʔaːm (“jaw”) (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *heːt (“finished”) (> Vietnamese hết), *hanʔ (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese hắn), *haːr (“two”) (> Vietnamese hai), *hoːj (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *hɔːŋʔ (“river, brook”), *haːŋʔ (“to open (mouth)”).

• (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hun (no vowel lowering)

hôn • (昏, 婚)

1. (Northern Vietnam, formal in other dialects, especially on the lips) to kiss

   Synonyms: mi, thơm

(classifier nụ) hôn • (昏, 婚)

1. a kiss

See không.

hôn

1. Southern Vietnam form of không

(classifier con) hôn • (𧍎)

1. soft-shell turtle

   Synonym: ba ba

hôn

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 婚

hôn

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 昏

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