lạc loài
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
lạc (“to be lost”) + loài (“kind”), literally “to be lost and separated from your own kind”.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [laːk̚˧˨ʔ lwaːj˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩ʔ lwaːj˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩˨ l⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩]
Adjective edit
- (of a person or their life) completely lonesome and with nobody to rely on