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khươm

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Possibly from Sino-Tibetan, but the coda is hard to explain.

Pronunciation

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khươm

  1. (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) nine
    • 1962, Kim Lân, Vợ nhặt:
      Mấy chiếc quần áo rách như tổ đỉa vẫn vắt khươm mươi niên ở một góc nhà đã thấy đem ra sân hong.
      The clothes, all rags and tatters and hanging for nine or ten years in a corner, have been brought out into the yard to dry.

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