người ngợm

Vietnamese

Etymology

-ơm reduplication of người (“human; body”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋɨəj˨˩ ŋəːm˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˦˩ ŋəːm˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋɨj˨˩ ŋəːm˨˩˨]

Noun

người ngợm

  1. (could be offensive) one; someone; one's body (generally speaking)
    Sao mà người ngợm dơ dáy thế?
    How did you get yourself to be so dirty?
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