Ê-díp-tô
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editGiven the uncanny resemblance of the Vietnamese Protestant title of Exodus, Xuất Ê-díp-tô Ký, to its Japanese counterpart, perhaps from Japanese エジプト (Ejiputo), from English Egypt. Most proper names in the Vietnamese Protestant translation of the Bible were derived from French, however, French Égypte seems implausible here given the final <ô>.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔe˧˧ zip̚˧˦ to˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔej˧˧ jip̚˦˧˥ tow˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔej˧˧ jip̚˦˥ tow˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: ê díp tô
Proper noun
editÊ-díp-tô
- (Protestantism) Synonym of Ai Cập (“Egypt”) (the land itself; compare Mích-ra-im (“Mizraim/Egypt”, one of Ham's sons))