khúc khích

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “reduplicative? sum of two distinct roots? onomatopoeic atomic disyllable with individual syllables having no meaning?”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xʊwk͡p̚˧˦ xïk̟̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥ kʰɨt̚˦˧˥] ~ [xʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥ xɨt̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰʊwk͡p̚˦˥ kʰɨt̚˦˥] ~ [xʊwk͡p̚˦˥ xɨt̚˦˥]

Verb

khúc khích

to giggle