mề đay

Vietnamese edit

Alternative forms edit

mày đay

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [me˨˩ ʔɗaj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mej˦˩ ʔɗaj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mej˨˩ ʔɗa(ː)j˧˧]

Etymology 1 edit

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Particularly: “Any chances this could be a compound? The alternative form is "mày đay", and "mày" (eyebrows) and "đay" (jute) both have a feature of growing in clusters like weed or grass, possibly hinting at dots from urticaria appearing in the same manner? Or perhaps "mề" as in gizzards of a bird could be related to this.”