nghí ngoáy

Vietnamese

Etymology

From -i reduplication of ngoáy (“to scribble”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋi˧˦ ŋwaj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋɪj˨˩˦ ŋwaj˨˩˦]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋɪj˦˥ ŋwaj˦˥]

Verb

nghí ngoáy

  1. rare form of hí hoáy (“to fiddle”)

References

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