lang thang

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Reduplication of first elemental from lang bạt "to wander, to live a wandering life"?”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧ tʰaːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧ tʰaːŋ˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧ tʰaːŋ˧˧]

Verb

lang thang (reduplication lang tha lang thang)

to wander; to roam about

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