bập bõm

Vietnamese

Etymology

-âp reduplication of bõm. Compare lõm bõm, the l- reduplicative of the same root.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəp̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓɔm˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəp̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓɔm˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓəp̚˨˩˨ ʔɓɔm˨˩˦]

Adverb

bập bõm (‑a reduplication bập bà bập bõm)

1. (remembering, understanding, speaking) defectively, sometimes good and other times bad; in a way that is filled with misses