mèng đéc ơi

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Lý Tùng Hiếu (2019) traces first element mèng to Khmer មេឃ (meik, “sky”) and second element đéc to Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [mɛŋ˨˩ ʔɗɛk̚˧˦ ʔəːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [mɛŋ˦˩ ʔɗɛk̚˦˧˥ ʔəːj˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [mɛŋ˨˩ ʔɗɛk̚˦˥ ʔəːj˧˧]

Interjection

mèng đéc ơi

  1. (Southern Vietnam) gosh, golly, golly gee, gee whiz
    Synonyms: trời đất ơi, trời ơi, mèng ơi, chèng đéc ơi, chèng ơi

References

  1. ^ Lý Tùng Hiếu (2019) Văn hoá Việt Nam trong ngôn ngữ [Vietnamese Culture in Language]
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