cù lần

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] (kɒːn¹) kuː¹ liŋ¹.

Compare also chân, đến, lên for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ku˨˩ lən˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʊw˦˩ ləŋ˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʊw˨˩ ləŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cù lần

  1. loris
    Synonym: cu li

Adjective

cù lần

  1. (colloquial) slow on the uptake, dumb
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