goá bụa

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• góa bụa

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 寡婦 (“widow”, SV: quả phụ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˧˦ ʔɓuə˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˨˩˦ ʔɓuə˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣwaː˦˥ ʔɓuə˨˩˨]

Adjective

goá bụa • (寡𡝃)

1. widowed