bà tám
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See also: batam
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Cantonese 八婆 (baat3 po4, “meddling woman”, literally “eight elderly women”), from bà (“elderly woman”) + tám (“eight”). See also tám (“to gossip”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ taːm˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˦˥]
Noun[edit]
- a very talkative woman; chatterbox; gossip