cà tưng

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cà- (“repetitive prefix”) +‎ tưng (“to rebound”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ tɨŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˩ tɨŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ tɨŋ˧˧]

Verb

cà tưng

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, colloquial) to keep on jumping up and down