cù lần

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] (kɒːn¹) kuː¹ liŋ¹.

Compare also chân, đến, lên for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˨˩ lən˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˦˩ ləŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩ ləŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cù lần

1. loris

   Synonym: cu li

Adjective

cù lần

1. (colloquial) slow on the uptake, dumb