bà tám

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 八婆 (baat3 po4, “meddling woman”, literally “eight elderly women”), from bà (“elderly woman”) +‎ tám (“eight”). See also tám (“to gossip”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ taːm˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˦˥]

Noun

a very talkative woman; chatterbox; gossip

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