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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *ʔoːm (“armful”). Compare Central Nicobarese om-fūm (“hug, embrace”) and Bodo Gadaba om ("to brood, to set (on eggs)").
Noun
(classifier cái) ôm • (掩, 揞)
- (dated) an armful
- a hug
Verb
ôm • (掩, 揞)
- to embrace; to hug
- to harbour (grudges, hatred, dreams)
- ôm hận ― to harbor a grudge/hatred
- ôm mộng ― to harbor a dream/ambition
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Ultimately from German Ohm, but possibly via French ohm, as many other words of German origin (độ Rích-te (“Richter”), Phri-đrích Ăng-gen (“Friedrich Engels”), An-be Anh-xtanh (“Albert Einstein”), etc.) are also pronounced as if they were French.
Noun
ôm
- (physics) ohm