nòng nọc

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

See nọc nọc.

From *nọc. This term clearly follows the pattern of reduplication in Vietnamese. Compare ròng rọc.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nawŋ͡m˨˩ nawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nawŋ͡m˦˩ nawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ] ~ [nɔŋ˦˩ nawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nawŋ͡m˨˩ nawk͡p̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) nòng nọc • (𧓅蝳)

  1. a tadpole (toad or frog larva)

See also

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