tẻo tèo teo
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editExtended from tẻo teo (“teeny-tiny”), in turn from teo (“to shrink; to become small”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɛw˧˩ tɛw˨˩ tɛw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɛw˧˨ tɛw˦˩ tɛw˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [tɛw˨˩˦ tɛw˨˩ tɛw˧˧]
Adjective
edit- (colloquial, more emphatic) Synonym of tẻo teo (“tiny; diminutive; teeny-tiny”)