cà tưng

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Vietnamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cà- (“repetitive prefix”) +‎ tưng (“to rebound”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ tɨŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˩ tɨŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ tɨŋ˧˧]

Verb[edit]

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) to keep on jumping up and down

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