lạc loài
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editlạc (“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˦˩]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [laːk̚˨˩˨ l⁽ʷ⁾aːj˨˩]
Adjective
edit- (of a person or their life) completely lonesome and with nobody to rely on