đồng rêu

Vietnamese

Etymology

đồng (“field”) +‎ rêu (“moss”).

In the sense of "tundra", calque of Chinese 苔原 (đài nguyên).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ zew˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˦˩ ʐew˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩ ɹew˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cánh) đồng rêu

1. (literally) a moss field
2. (geography, uncommon) tundra

   Synonyms: đài nguyên, lãnh nguyên