sơn nữ
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editSino-Vietnamese word from 山 (“mountain”) and 女 (“female”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [səːn˧˧ nɨ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʂəːŋ˧˧ nɨ˧˨] ~ [səːŋ˧˧ nɨ˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʂəːŋ˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦] ~ [səːŋ˧˧ nɨ˨˩˦]
Noun
edit- (literary) a female mountain-dweller; a montagnarde