bạch tuộc
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Probably a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 八足 (“eight feet”, SV: bát túc) or non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 百足 (“one hundred feet”, SV: bách túc). The first is more biologically likely but the second is more phonologically sound.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓajk̟̚˧˨ʔ tuək̚˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˨˩ʔ tuək̚˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓat̚˨˩˨ tuək̚˨˩˨]
Noun edit
(classifier con) bạch tuộc