cơm muối
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editFrom cơm (“cooked rice”) + muối (“salt”), perhaps from the ingredients used in exorcisms. Saying it in response to a child's sneeze is believed to expel the evil spirit that's possessing their weak phách at that moment.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧ muəj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧ muj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kəːm˧˧ muj˦˥]