cụt lủn

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possible reduplication from lủn củn, lũn cũn, thun lủn, or lủn chủn”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kut̚˧˨ʔ lun˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊk̚˨˩ʔ lun˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʊk͡p̚˨˩˨ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦]

Adjective

cụt lủn • (𡭕侖)

  1. short
  2. curt; terse; brief
    Synonym: cộc lốc
    • 2001, Chu Lai, Cuộc đời dài lắm, NXB Văn học, page 213:
      - Chưa! – Một tiếng trả lời cụt lủn – Hai ông ăn cơm đi! […]
      "Not yet!" came the curt answer. "Eat, the two of you! […]"
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