cá hồi

Vietnamese

Etymology

From cá (“fish”) +‎ hồi, the latter is Sino-Vietnamese word from 回 (“to return”), so called for the way they "return" upstream to spawn.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaː˧˦ hoj˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaː˨˩˦ hoj˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaː˦˥ hoj˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) cá hồi

1. a salmon (fish)