vật vã

Vietnamese

Etymology

-a reduplication (C tone) of vật, with semantic influence from other senses of the free morpheme vã.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vət̚˧˨ʔ vaː˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩ʔ vaː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vək̚˨˩˨ vaː˨˩˦] ~ [jək̚˨˩˨ jaː˨˩˦]

Verb

vật vã

  1. to writhe about in pain
  2. to struggle (with something)
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