bừa bãi

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Vietnamese

Etymology

bừa (“disorganized”) + bãi, from Khmer ល្បែ (lbae, “confusion; disorder; foolishness”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨə˨˩ ʔɓaːj˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨə˦˩ ʔɓaːj˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɨə˨˩ ʔɓaːj˨˩˦]

Adjective

disorganized; messy; untidy

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