cù lần

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] (kɒːn¹) kuː¹ liŋ¹.

Compare also chân, đến, lên for other instances of palatalization of *-ŋ after front vowels.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˨˩ lən˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˦˩ ləŋ˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩ ləŋ˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cù lần

loris
Synonym: cu li

Adjective

cù lần

(colloquial) slow on the uptake, dumb

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