chù vù
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editch- reduplication of vù.
The root is rarely or no longer found in isolation, but it remains in sưng vù; its alternative form phù (“to swell”) is still a free morpheme, as well as in derivates like phù nề and phập phù.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕu˨˩ vu˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʊw˦˩ vʊw˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [cʊw˨˩ vʊw˨˩] ~ [cʊw˨˩ jʊw˨˩]
Adverb
editchù vù
- (of a bump) swellingly