ong bầu

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓəw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓəw˦˩] ~ [ʔɔŋ˧˧ ʔɓəw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓəw˨˩]

Noun edit

(classifier con) ong bầu

carpenter bee

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