bìm bịp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Reduplicated form of the earlier *bịp, probably of imitative origin. Compare bịp bịp.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓim˨˩ ʔɓip̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓim˦˩ ʔɓip̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓim˨˩ ʔɓip̚˨˩˨]

Noun

(classifier con) bìm bịp • (𪀐𪀐)

1. coucal