lốp cốp

See also: lộp cộp

Vietnamese

Etymology

From l- reduplication of cốp, ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lop̚˧˦ kop̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lop̚˦˧˥ kop̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lop̚˦˥ kop̚˦˥]

Adjective

lốp cốp

  1. (onomatopoeia) clacking; clattering; chattering; rattling
    Rét quá, hai hàm răng va vào nhau lốp cốp. ― It's so cold that my teeth are chattering.

References

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