cự đà
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Related to kì đà.
They might both originate from earlier *k-daː, but while kì đà simply preserved the presyllable, cự đà likely got influenced by 巨 (cự, “huge, big”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɨ˧˨ʔ ʔɗaː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɨ˨˩ʔ ʔɗaː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kɨ˨˩˨ ʔɗaː˨˩]