đom đóm
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Vietnamese
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Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of đóm. Compare bươm bướm (“butterfly”) < bướm, nhền nhện (“spider”) < nhện.
Unlike the mentioned cases, the root *đóm is not in use as a free morpheme.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɗɔm˧˧ ʔɗɔm˦˥]
Noun
[edit](classifier con) đom đóm
- a firefly