mẫu quốc
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 母國, composed of 母 (“mother”) and 國 (“country”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [məw˦ˀ˥ kuək̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [məw˧˨ kuək̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [məw˨˩˦ wək̚˦˥]
Noun edit
- (history, ironic) a "motherland", a metropole; a colonist country, especially France (as forced by colonial authorities on colonized populations)
References edit
- "mẫu quốc" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)