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Yem

//ˈiːəm// adv, name, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of hyem (“home”). Geordie, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Khmer.
Noun
  1. 1
    A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso, originally as an underbodice and now also as an outer garment.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese yếm, from Proto-Vietic *ʔiɛmʔ (“breastplate”), from Old Chinese 裺 (/*qromʔ/, /*qoms/, “bib worn by infants”).

Etymology 2

See hyem.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Khmer យ៉ែម (yaem).

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