lộp cộp

Vietnamese

Etymology

From l- reduplication of cộp, ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [lop̚˧˨ʔ kop̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [lop̚˨˩ʔ kop̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [lop̚˨˩˨ kop̚˨˩˨]

Adjective

lộp cộp • (獵合, 𡂏𠺻)

  1. (onomatopoeia) Used to describe short, dull, and heavy sounds produced by hard objects striking a hard surface: clacking; clopping; clattering
    tiếng guốc khua lộp cộp ― clacking sound of wooden clogs

References

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