phập phồng

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

-âp reduplication of phồng.

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fəp̚˧˨ʔ fəwŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [fəp̚˨˩ʔ fəwŋ͡m˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [fəp̚˨˩˨ fəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Verb edit

phập phồng

to inflate and deflate; to continuously puff up and shrink

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