đói meo

Vietnamese

Etymology

đói (“hungry”) +‎ meo; it is not clear if the second morpheme is really meo (“mold”) or not, although this word certainly influenced the creation of đói mốc đói meo.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔj˧˦ mɛw˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔj˨˩˦ mɛw˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔj˦˥ mɛw˧˧]

Adjective

đói meo

  1. (colloquial) very hungry; starving

Derived terms

  • đói mốc đói meo
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