ngâm

== Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋəm˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋəm˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋəm˧˧] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ŋǝm ~ *ŋam (“to immerse, soak”); cognate with Muong ngâm, Khasi ngam (“to dive into”). ==== Verb ==== ngâm • (汵) to soak or steep ngâm chân ― to soak one's feet in water === Etymology 2 === Sino-Vietnamese word from 吟. ==== Verb ==== ngâm (poetry) to recite ===== Derived terms =====