cà lăm

See also: calam

Vietnamese

Etymology

cà- (“repetitive prefix”) +‎ lăm; the second element might just be a imitatation of a babble.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ lam˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˦˩ lam˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩ lam˧˧]

Noun

cà lăm

  1. a stutter
    Thằng đó bị cà lăm.
    That guy has a stutter.

Verb

cà lăm

  1. to stutter; stammer

See also

  • nói lắp (“to stutter”)
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