tù và

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tù và

Etymology edit

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Particularly: “My first thought was "tuba" but this word was already attested in Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838) so it can't be that. However, it's also glossed as tubae species alongside buccina so it must also refer to a plant, most likely one with horn-shaped flowers.”

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tu˨˩ vaː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʊw˦˩ vaː˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʊw˨˩ vaː˨˩] ~ [tʊw˨˩ jaː˨˩]

Noun edit

(classifier cái) tù và • (𧣕吧, 囚吧)

blowing horn (sound device usually made of or shaped like an animal horn)