bà tám

See also: batam

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Cantonese 八婆 (baat3 po4, “meddling woman”, literally “eight elderly women”), from bà (“elderly woman”) +‎ tám (“eight”). See also tám (“to gossip”).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˦˩ taːm˦˧˥]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˦˥]
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Noun

bà tám

  1. a very talkative woman; chatterbox; gossip
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