hôn phu

Vietnamese

Etymology

Clipping of vị hôn phu, with vị (“not yet”, unproductive Chinese prefix) being misinterpreted as vị (formal classifier for people).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hon˧˧ fu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hoŋ˧˧ fʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [hoŋ˧˧ fʊw˧˧]

Noun

hôn phu

1. Misconstruction of vị hôn phu (“fiancé”)