ngợp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare ngớp.

See also ngộp (“to suffocate”); both words are frequently conflated in the Southern dialects, where [o] often shifts to [əː] before labial codas (/m/ and /p/).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋəːp̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋəːp̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋəːp̚˨˩˨]

Verb

ngợp • (岌, 𫻅)

  1. to feel dizzy (at altitudes, at the sight of something vast); to be overwhelmed

Derived terms

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