nòng nọc

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

nọc nọc

Etymology

See nọc nọc.

From *nọc. This term clearly follows the pattern of reduplication in Vietnamese.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier con) nòng nọc (𧓅蝳)

a tadpole (toad or frog larva)

See also

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