tôm tít

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

tôm tích

Etymology

From tôm (“shrimp, pawn”) +‎ tít (“centipede”).

As tít is a Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialectal term, the phrase "tôm tít" probably originated from that region, then spread to other Central and Southern dialects.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tom˧˧ tit̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tom˧˧ tit̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tom˧˧ tɨt̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) tôm tít

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) mantis shrimp

Synonyms

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