bà tám

== 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˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓaː˨˩ taːm˦˥] === Noun === bà tám a very talkative woman; chatterbox; gossip