nẳm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Vietnamese

Etymology

Contraction of năm (“year”) + the demonstrative ấy (“that”) in the southern dialects, with the latter manifested as the hỏi tone after monosyllabification.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [nam˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [nam˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nam˨˩˦]

Noun

nẳm

(Southern Vietnam, colloquial) that year

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