đồng rêu
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
đồng (“field”) + rêu (“moss”).
In the sense of "tundra", calque of Chinese 苔原 (đài nguyên).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ zew˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʐew˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ɹew˧˧]
Noun edit
- (literally) a moss field
- (geography, uncommon) tundra
- Synonyms: đài nguyên, lãnh nguyên