cà lăm

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See also: calam

Vietnamese

Etymology

cà- (“repetitive prefix”) +‎ lăm; the second element might just be a imitatation of a babble.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ lam˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˩ lam˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ lam˧˧]

Noun

a stutter
Thằng đó bị cà lăm.
That guy has a stutter.

Verb

to stutter; stammer

See also

nói lắp (“to stutter”)

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