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yem

noun
/ˈiːəm/UK/ˈiəm/US/jɛm/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from 裺 — “bib worn by infants”
  2. derived from *ʔiɛmʔ✻ — “breastplate”
  3. borrowed from yếm

Definitions

  1. A Vietnamese bodice with a halterneck and a V-shaped bottom worn by women on the torso,…

    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.

  2. Alternative spelling of hyem (“home”).

  3. A surname from Khmer.

The neighborhood

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