nằm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Arem anam ("to brood").

Compare Proto-Katuic *-nam (whence Pacoh panám (“to set on eggs, to brood”)) and Proto-Khmuic *gnəm (“to hatch or brood eggs”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nam˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nam˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nam˨˩]
  • Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

Verb

nằm • (𦣰, 𬛩, 南)

  1. to lie (be in a horizontal position on a surface)
  2. to be located

Derived terms

Noun

nằm

  1. (calligraphy) a stroke that is flat
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