vượn cáo

Vietnamese

Etymology

vượn (“ape”) +‎ cáo (“fox”). Compare Chinese 狐猴 (húhóu, literally “fox monkey”), Japanese 狐猿 (kitsunezaru, literally “fox monkey”), Korean 여우원숭이 (yeouwonsung'i, literally “fox monkey”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɨən˧˨ʔ kaːw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɨəŋ˨˩ʔ kaːw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɨəŋ˨˩˨ kaːw˦˥] ~ [jɨəŋ˨˩˨ kaːw˦˥]

Noun

(classifier con) vượn cáo

1. a lemur (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)