vồn vã

Vietnamese

Etymology

-a reduplication (C tone) of vồn.

The root vồn has rather unclear semantics, however, it transparently follows the same pattern of reduplication as hối hả, ồn ã, vội vã, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [von˨˩ vaː˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [voŋ˦˩ vaː˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [voŋ˨˩ vaː˨˩˦] ~ [joŋ˨˩ jaː˨˩˦]

Adjective

vồn vã

1. (literary) cordial; hospitable