căng cắc

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Full reduplication of cắc, ultimately onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaŋ˧˧ kak̚˧˦] (Huế) IPA(key): [kaŋ˧˧ kak̚˦˧˥] (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaŋ˧˧ kak̚˦˥] === Adjective === căng cắc • (咯咯) Used to imitate the sounds of hard, brittle objects being broken repeatedly: cracking, snapping, crunching continuously nhai xương căng cắc ― to chew bones with a (loud) crunch === Further reading === “căng cắc”, in Soha Tra Từ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Vietnam Communications Corporation.