Na-hum

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧ hum˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧ hum˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [naː˧˧ hʊm˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: na hum

Proper noun

Na-hum

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Na-khum (“Nahum”)