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Vietnamese
Etymology
Lý Tùng Hiếu (2019) traces first element mèng to Khmer មេឃ (meik, “sky”) and second element đéc to Khmer ដី (dəy, “earth”).[1]
Pronunciation
Interjection
mèng đéc ơi
- (Southern Vietnam) gosh, golly, golly gee, gee whiz
- Synonyms: trời đất ơi, trời ơi, mèng ơi, chèng đéc ơi, chèng ơi
References
- ^ Lý Tùng Hiếu (2019) Văn hoá Việt Nam trong ngôn ngữ [Vietnamese Culture in Language]