giỗ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gio"

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giỗ

Etymology

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Particularly: “The phonetic elements of the Nôm characters are all over the place and most of them are relatively late. I think they are pretty indicative that there was lenition though: -c/ɟ- going by 𠰍 and -d- going by 杜.”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zo˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jow˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [jow˨˩˦]
Homophone: dỗ

Noun

giỗ • (𠰍, 杜, 𠴗, 󱦋, 祖, 𭉷, 𤻼, 𬲠, 𥣒, 𬲠)

an annual lunar memorial deathday party or ceremony
giỗ tổ Hùng Vương ― commemoration of the ancient Hùng Kings

ăn giỗ ― to go to a deathday party

Tại sao lại phải ăn giỗ? Đám nào ai cũng vui mừng chứ có buồn bã gì đâu?
Why in the world do we go to deathday parties? Everyone always has fun romping around, it's not like there's any sense of commemoration or anything!