A-ghê

See also: aghe

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French Aggée. Apparently a partial orthographic borrowing from French, since the <gg> in French is soft, while the Vietnamese <gh> is hard.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣe˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˧ ɣej˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: a ghê

Proper noun

A-ghê

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Khác-gai (“Haggai”)