ngợp

Vietnamese

Etymology

Compare ngớp.

See also ngộp (“to suffocate”); both words are frequently conflated in the Southern dialects, where [o] often shifts to [əː] before labial codas (/m/ and /p/).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋəːp̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋəːp̚˨˩ʔ]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋəːp̚˨˩˨]

Verb

ngợp • (岌, 𫻅)

to feel dizzy (at altitudes, at the sight of something vast); to be overwhelmed

Derived terms

choáng ngợp