hăm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ham"
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of hai mươi (“twenty”).
Numeral
hăm
- (colloquial, only in 2X-type numerals, with X being other than 0) twenty
- hăm mốt ― twenty-one
Usage notes
- "Twenty" itself is still hai mươi, not *hăm.
Related terms
- băm (“thirty”)
Etymology 2
Verb
hăm • (歆)
- (rarely used in isolation) to intimidate; to threaten
Derived terms
- hăm doạ
- hăm he
- hăm hở
Etymology 3
Adjective
hăm
- (of the skin of a baby, especially in the skin folds) pruriginous; pruritic; having intertrigo
Derived terms
- hăm đỏ