lôm côm

See also: lồm cồm and lộm cộm

Vietnamese

Etymology

From l- reduplication of côm.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lom˧˧ kom˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lom˧˧ kom˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lom˧˧ kom˧˧]

Adjective

lôm côm (‑a reduplication lôm ca lôm côm)

  1. (colloquial) disorderly, messy; sloppy; incoherent, disjointed
    ăn nói lôm côm ― to speak incoherently

References

  • “lôm côm”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
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