Where does “mồm mép tép nhảy” come from?
mồm mép tép nhảy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mồm mép, from Vietnamese mồm, from English mom, from English momma, from English mama, from Xhosa umama, from Proto-Bantu *mààmá.
mồm mép tép nhảy (Vietnamese): having the gift of the gab, speaking a lot and glibly
Definitions
- having the gift of the gab, speaking a lot and glibly
Ancestry of “mồm mép tép nhảy”, step by step
mồm mép tép nhảy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese mồm mép
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mồm mép | gift of the gab, ability to speak readily and glibly |
| 2 | Vietnamese | mồm | mouth |
| 3 | English | mom | mother; An adult female owner of a pet; To care... |
| 4 | English | momma | mother; A voluptuous woman; One's wife or... |
| 5 | English | mama | Mother, female parent |
| 6 | Xhosa | umama | mom, mother |
| 7 | Proto-Bantu | *mààmá | — |
via Vietnamese [[tép]] [[nhảy]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | [[tép]] [[nhảy]] | — |