bập bõm
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Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
-âp reduplication of bõm. Compare lõm bõm, the l- reduplicative of the same root.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓəp̚˧˨ʔ ʔɓɔm˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓəp̚˨˩ʔ ʔɓɔm˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓəp̚˨˩˨ ʔɓɔm˨˩˦]
Adverb[edit]
bập bõm (‑a reduplication bập bà bập bõm)
- (remembering, understanding, speaking) defectively, sometimes good and other times bad; in a way that is filled with misses