cà khịa

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cà- (“repetitive prefix”) +‎ khịa (“to poke, to tease, to provoke”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ xiə˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˦˩ kʰiə˨˩ʔ] ~ [kaː˦˩ xiə˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ kʰiə˨˩˨] ~ [kaː˨˩ xiə˨˩˨]

Verb

cà khịa

  1. (Southern Vietnam) to quarrel; pick fights; incite conflict
  2. (neologism) to troll; tease
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