trả đũa
Vietnamese
editEtymology
editCompare the synonymous trả nũa, which is now mostly obsolete.
The second syllable bears some resemblance with the element đoá (as in nổi đoá (“to become enraged”)). If these elements (or at least one of these) were borrowed from 怒 (MC nuH), they might originated from historical Sinitic lect(s) with prenasalized stops.
Pronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩ ʔɗuə˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaː˧˨ ʔɗuə˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈaː˨˩˦ ʔɗuə˨˩˦]
Verb
edittrả đũa
- to retaliate