lồm cồm

See also: lôm côm and lộm cộm

Vietnamese

Etymology

From l- reduplication of cồm.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lom˨˩ kom˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lom˦˩ kom˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lom˨˩ kom˨˩]

Adjective

lồm cồm

  1. (for getting up) clumsy, awkward with both hands and feet; (for movement) on all fours
    Synonym: lồm ngồm
    ngã rồi lại lồm cồm ngồi dậy ― to fall down and then clumsily sit up again
    • 2005 [1957–1959], chapter 2, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Kim Dung [Jin Yong]:
      […] như một bầy ong chạy túa ra ngoài, mấy tên đang bò dưới đất cũng lồm cồm chồm dậy chạy theo, chỉ sợ rớt lại phía sau.
      […] like a swarm of bees flying out, the ones crawling on the ground also jumped upright and ran after the others, afraid to be left behind.

References

  • “lồm cồm”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation. Available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license.
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