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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.
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Etymology 2
Verb
hăm • (歆)
- (rarely used in isolation) to intimidate; to threaten
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Etymology 3
Adjective
hăm
- (of the skin of a baby, especially in the skin folds) pruriginous; pruritic; having intertrigo
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