khúc khích

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “reduplicative? sum of two distinct roots? onomatopoeic atomic disyllable with individual syllables having no meaning?”

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xʊwk͡p̚˧˦ xïk̟̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥ kʰɨt̚˦˧˥] ~ [xʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥ xɨt̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˥ kʰɨt̚˦˥] ~ [xʊwk͡p̚˦˥ xɨt̚˦˥]

Verb

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khúc khích

  1. to giggle