cá nhà táng
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from the head shape of the sperm whale?”)
Probably from cá (“fish”) + nhà táng (“a kind of structure, placed above a coffin”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaː˧˦ ɲaː˨˩ taːŋ˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kaː˨˩˦ ɲaː˦˩ taːŋ˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kaː˦˥ ɲaː˨˩ taːŋ˦˥]