tên hèm

See also: tenhem

Vietnamese

Etymology

tên (“name”) +‎ hèm (“to give offerings to a spirit”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cái) tên hèm

posthumous name

Synonyms

(posthumous name): thụy hiệu, hiệu bụt, tên cúng cơm (informal)

References

"tên hèm" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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