tôm tít

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (Southern Vietnam, unetymological spelling) tôm tích

Etymology

From tôm (“shrimp, pawn”) +‎ tít (“centipede”). Equivalent to tôm +‎ rết in Northern Vietnam, and tôm +‎ rít in Southern Vietnam.

As tít is a North Central form, the phrase "tôm tít" certainly originated from that region, then spread to other Central and Southern dialects.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tom˧˧ tit̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tom˧˧ tit̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tom˧˧ tɨt̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) tôm tít

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) mantis shrimp
    Synonym: bề bề
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