Etymology

From ông. Adding the hỏi tone is a means to form a third person singular pronoun in Southern dialects.

Pronunciation

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