dái mít

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) đái mít

Etymology

From dái (“fruit”) +‎ mít (“jackfruit”). The first element is an unetymological spelling of giái and doesn't actually mean "testicle", although admittedly had been contaminated to a great extant, compare dái tai.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːj˧˦ mit̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːj˨˩˦ mit̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaːj˦˥ mɨt̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cái) dái mít

young male jackfruit