cà tưng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cà- (“repetitive prefix”) +‎ tưng (“to rebound”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cà tưng

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) to keep on jumping up and down
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