Ha-ba-cúc

Vietnamese

Etymology

French Habacuc. As with other French words with a mute h, the h is "unmuted", making this also a partial orthographic borrowing from French.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haː˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ kʊwk͡p̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haː˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ kʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haː˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ kʊwk͡p̚˦˥]
• Phonetic spelling: ha ba cúc

Proper noun

Ha-ba-cúc

1. (biblical, Protestantism) Alternative form of Kha-ba-cúc (“Habakkuk”)