bìm bịp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplicated form of the earlier *bịp, probably of imitative origin. Compare bịp bịp.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) bìm bịp • (𪀐𪀐)

  1. coucal