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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *k-lam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klam; cognate with Muong tlăm, Pacoh culám and Mon ကၠံ (klɔm).
Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as ⿰林亇, composed of 亇 + 林 (MC lim) (modern SV: cá lâm) and 林 (MC lim) (modern SV: lâm).
Pronunciation
Numeral
trăm (𤾓, 林, , 𬃴)
- (usually in compounds) hundred
- một trăm ― one hundred
- năm trăm lẻ/linh năm ― five hundred and five
See also
Noun
trăm • (𤾓, 林, , 𬃴)
- (colloquial, only in compounds) a hundred thousand Vietnamese dongs
- một trăm ― one hundred thousand dongs
- (một) trăm tư ― one hundred forty thousand dongs
- hai trăm rưỡi ― two hundred fifty thousand dongs