vồn vã

Vietnamese

Etymology

-a reduplication (C tone) of vồn.

The root vồn has rather unclear semantics, however, it transparently follows the same pattern of reduplication as hối hả, ồn ã, vội vã, etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [von˨˩ vaː˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [voŋ˦˩ vaː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [voŋ˨˩ vaː˨˩˦] ~ [joŋ˨˩ jaː˨˩˦]

Adjective

vồn vã

  1. (literary) cordial; hospitable
    Synonym: niềm nở
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