hổm

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hổm

(Southern Vietnam, colloquial) that day

Derived terms

Terms derived from hổm

bữa hổm

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