đường sá

Vietnamese

Etymology

From đường + sá, from Proto-Vietic *k-raːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *kraʔ (“road, way”); cognate with Muong khá, Pacoh carna (through an infixed form), Chong kraː and Proto-Palaungic *kraːʔ. Sá is also fossilized in a few other words, such as sá cày.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ saː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ ʂaː˨˩˦] ~ [ʔɗɨəŋ˦˩ saː˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ ʂaː˦˥] ~ [ʔɗɨəŋ˨˩ saː˦˥]

Noun

đường sá

1. roads; ways (generally speaking)