lẩm bẩm

Vietnamese

Etymology

l- reduplication of bẩm.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

lẩm bẩm (reduplication lẩm bà lẩm bẩm)

  1. to mumble, to mutter, especially angrily or indignantly