chà bá

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Borrowed from Cham "chaba"/"cha-bá"”)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˨˩ ʔɓaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˦˩ ʔɓaː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [caː˨˩ ʔɓaː˦˥]

Adverb

chà bà

1. (Southern Vietnam) humongously; enormously

Derived terms

• chà bá lửa