đói meo
Vietnamese
Etymology
đói (“hungry”) + meo; it is not clear if the second morpheme is really meo (“mold”) or not, although this word certainly influenced the creation of đói mốc đói meo.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔj˧˦ mɛw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔj˨˩˦ mɛw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔj˦˥ mɛw˧˧]
Adjective
đói meo
- (colloquial) very hungry; starving
Derived terms
- đói mốc đói meo