đọi

See also: dòi, dọi, dôi, dối, dồi, dỗi, dội, dơi, dời, đói, đòi, đôi, đối, đồi, đổi, đội, đới, đời, and đợi

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Arem /tuəjˀ/.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

(classifier cái) đọi

(Central Vietnam, dialectal) Synonym of bát (“small bowl for eating rice”)
ăn không nên đọi, nói chẳng nên lời
terribly incompetent
(literally, “cannot adequately eat a bowl of rice or say a comprehensible sentence”)

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