mọi cà lơ

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “mọi (“barbarians”) +‎ cà lơ (not sure if this was phonetic transcription of a native term or not).”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔj˧˨ʔ kaː˨˩ ləː˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔj˨˩ʔ kaː˦˩ ləː˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɔj˨˩˨ kaː˨˩ ləː˧˧]

Noun

mọi cà lơ

(dated, ethnic slur) Bru or Ta Oi people
Synonym: mọi có đuôi