ong bầu

Vietnamese

Etymology

From ong (“bee”) + bầu, from Proto-Vietic *buː (cf. Old Chinese 蜉 (OC *[b](r)u) (B-S)).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓəw˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓəw˦˩] ~ [ʔɔŋ˧˧ ʔɓəw˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓəw˨˩]

Noun

(classifier con) ong bầu

1. carpenter bee