cà lăm
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See also: calam
Vietnamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
cà- (“repetitive prefix”) + lăm; the second element might just be a imitatation of a babble.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ lam˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˦˩ lam˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ lam˧˧]
Noun[edit]
- a stutter
- Thằng đó bị cà lăm.
- That guy has a stutter.
Verb[edit]
See also[edit]
- nói lắp (“to stutter”)