bà tám
See also: batam
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editCalque of Cantonese 八婆 (baat3 po4, “meddling woman”, literally “eight elderly women”), from bà (“elderly woman”) + tám (“eight”). See also tám (“to gossip”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ taːm˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Noun
edit- a very talkative woman; chatterbox; gossip