nấm lùn

Vietnamese

Etymology

nấm (“mushroom; fungus”) +‎ lùn (“short in terms of height”), literally “short mushroom”.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [nəm˧˦ lun˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [nəm˦˧˥ lun˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [nəm˦˥ lʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

nấm lùn

  1. (slightly derogatory, humorous) A short person
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