cá mặt trăng
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editcá + mặt trăng. Perhaps a calque of a European language. For semantic relations, compare French poisson-lune, German Mondfisch, Norwegian månefisk.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ mat̚˧˨ʔ t͡ɕaŋ˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ mak̚˨˩ʔ ʈaŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ mak̚˨˩˨ ʈaŋ˧˧]
Noun
edit- an ocean sunfish (Mola mola).