Ma-la-chi
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French Malachie. The <ch> represents a hard [k] in French, meaning this is a partial orthographic borrowing from French.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ t͡ɕi˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [maː˧˧ laː˧˧ cɪj˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: ma la chi
Proper noun edit
Ma-la-chi
- (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Ma-la-khi (“Malachi”)