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úm ba la xì bùa

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “úm is Sanskrit (oṃ), probably through the way of , the next two syllables (ba la) are also Sanskrit, but I'm not sure what they are exactly.”

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔum˧˦ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ si˨˩ ʔɓuə˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔum˦˧˥ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ sɪj˦˩ ʔɓuə˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔʊm˦˥ ʔɓaː˧˧ laː˧˧ sɪj˨˩ ʔɓuə˨˩]

Interjection

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úm ba la bùa

  1. (occult) abracadabra