cà khịa

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cà- (“repetitive prefix”) +‎ khịa (“to poke, to tease, to provoke”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ xiə˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˩ kʰiə˨˩ʔ] ~ [kaː˦˩ xiə˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ kʰiə˨˩˨] ~ [kaː˨˩ xiə˨˩˨]

Verb

cà khịa

1. (Southern Vietnam) to quarrel; pick fights; incite conflict
2. (neologism) to troll; tease