ỉa
Vietnamese edit
Alternative forms edit
- (North Central Vietnam) ẻ (no diphthongization)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Vietic *ʔɛh (“to defecate; faeces”). Compare Pacoh éh.
The Northern Middle Vietnamese yả is attested in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔiə˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔiə˧˨]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔiə˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Verb edit
- (Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, informal) to (take a) shit
See also edit
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