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]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩ kʰiə˨˩˨] ~ [kaː˨˩ xiə˨˩˨]

Verb

cà khịa

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

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