bồi tự
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 陪祀 (“to help offer sacrifices”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓoj˨˩ tɨ˧˨ʔ]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓoj˦˩ tɨ˨˩ʔ]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓoj˨˩ tɨ˨˩˨]
Verb edit
- (historical) to help offer sacrifices; to assist in a sacrificial ritual
- Các quan bồi tự, trợ tế trong lễ tế đàn Nam Giao ở Huế
- The mandarins help offer sacrifices in the Nam Giao ceremony platform in Hue
See also edit
- nam giao (“a kind of ceremony”)